# SignPath

5 Hacker News commenters recommended SignPath and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Code signing service that people recommend for signing open source software, and it is free for open source projects.

## Why people recommend it

- Used by open source projects (2 comments): "We've been using them for over a year now for signing the DB Browser for SQLite executables" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46133909)) "Quite a few OSS projects use it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46853493))
- Long-term reliable certificate source (2 comments): "We ended up getting our certificate sources from signpath.org and have been grateful to them ever since." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47693565)) "We've been using them for over a year now for signing the DB Browser for SQLite executables" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46133909))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Azure Artifact Signing](https://hackerapproved.com/p/azure-artifact-signing.md): 10 recommend
- [Sigstore](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sigstore.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://signpath.io/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SignPath", https://hackerapproved.com/p/signpath/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).