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OpenSC

OpenSCSmart-card tools and middleware.LGPL-2.1
Field notes / 416OpenSC
I / Function

Smart-card tools and middleware.

OpenSC supplies libraries and utilities for applications that use cryptographic smart cards for authentication, email encryption and digital signatures. It exposes card operations through PKCS#11, the Windows Smart Card Minidriver interface and macOS CryptoTokenKit. Desktop deployments can use Windows or macOS installers, while Unix users have source-build instructions and command-line tools.

OpenSC README / OpenSC official wiki overview · Reviewed 2026-10-31

A hinged soapstone case holds shaped mineral tokens above a matching clay impression.
Awesome Open* · Field recordOpenSCOP-EEAD3ACE · Folio 416Domain: Security & Privacy
  1. 01 / Feature noteStandard card interfaces

    Connect applications to smart cards through PKCS#11, Windows Smart Card Minidriver or macOS CryptoTokenKit.

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  2. 02 / Feature noteCryptographic card uses

    Use supported smart cards with applications for authentication, email encryption and digital signatures.

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II / Repository record

GitHub stars

3,124

Detected license

LGPL-2.1

Repository created

2011-07-05

Repository push

2026-11-03

III / Observations & evidence

GitHub stars

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Hacker News stories

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OpenSSF Scorecard

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IV / Release record

GitHub release

0.27.1

Published 2026-03-31

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V / Where it runs

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