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8ctopus/self-sign
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command line tool to create self-signed SSL certificates

0.1.8(2y ago)010MITPHP

Since Jul 12Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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selfsign
========

[](#selfsign)

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`selfsign` is a command line tool to create self-signed SSL certificates, mainly for local testing. It is notably used in my other project [apache php-fpm alpine](https://github.com/8ctopus/apache-php-fpm-alpine).

how to install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

You have the choice between:

- composer install `composer require 8ctopus/self-sign`
- download the phar
- or build it yourself

```
# download selfsign
curl -LO https://github.com/8ctopus/self-sign/releases/download/0.1.8/selfsign.phar

# check hash against the one published under releases
sha256sum selfsign.phar

# make phar executable
chmod +x selfsign.phar

# rename phar (from here on optional)
mv selfsign.phar selfsign

# move phar to /usr/local/bin/
mv selfsign /usr/local/bin/
```

how to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

### help

[](#help)

```
selfsign --help

```

### generate certificate authority

[](#generate-certificate-authority)

```
selfsign authority destination-dir

[INFO] generate certificate authority private key...
[INFO] generate certificate authority certificate...
[INFO] success!

```

### generate certificate

[](#generate-certificate)

```
selfsign certificate destination-dir test.com,www.test.com,api.test.com authority-dir

[INFO] generate self-signed SSL certificate for test.com...
[INFO] generate domain private key...
[INFO] create certificate signing request...
[INFO] create certificate config file...
[INFO] create signed certificate by certificate authority...
[INFO] success!

```

for development
---------------

[](#for-development)

### build phar

[](#build-phar)

```
./build.sh

```

### debug code

[](#debug-code)

```
php src/EntryPoint.php authority demo
php src/EntryPoint.php certificate demo test.com,www.test.com,api.test.com demo

```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance28

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~2 days

Total

8

Last Release

1022d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4dafd5f7ef8134a5c9b231686c5da3d6416db09139b45aac0b26952178dffb8a?d=identicon)[8ctopus](/maintainers/8ctopus)

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Top Contributors

[![8ctopus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13252042?v=4)](https://github.com/8ctopus "8ctopus (60 commits)")

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Tags

opensslself-signed-certificateopensslcertificatesself-signed

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