Keybase.io PGP key export

July 2, 2022

Public PGP IDs can help verify author identity of Git commits, social media, website, etc. A popular free service to share PGP IDs is Keybase.io. Below we demonstrate using Keybase.io PGP ID with Git with the keybase.io client.

Setup GPG on the laptop:

Linux: apt install gnupg
macOS: brew install gnupg
Windows: winget install gnupg.Gpg4win

Export Keybase.io public & private key and import into GPG:

keybase pgp export | gpg --import

keybase pgp export --secret | gpg --pinentry-mode=loopback --allow-secret-key --import

Verify PGP key:

gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG

The first lines will be like:

sec   rsa4096/<public_hex>

The hexadecimal part after the / is a public reference to keybase.io keypair. It’s shown on the keybase.io public profile, next to the key icon.