SignPath
Shares rank 2 of 3 code signing services by recommenders
Code signing service that people recommend for signing open source software, and it is free for open source projects.
Code signing service that people recommend for signing open source software, and it is free for open source projects.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Used by open source projects
“We've been using them for over a year now for signing the DB Browser for SQLite executables”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands in Azure spending” “Quite a few OSS projects use it.”
Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Notepad++ hijacked by state-sponsored actors” Long-term reliable certificate source
“We ended up getting our certificate sources from signpath.org and have been grateful to them ever since.”
Comment from 8 Apr 2026 in “Microsoft Abruptly Terminates VeraCrypt Account, Halting Windows Updates” “We've been using them for over a year now for signing the DB Browser for SQLite executables”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands in Azure spending”
Other code signing services people recommend
The two most recommended other code signing services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Artifact Signing | 10 | 15 | 40% | 5 | — | — |
| SignPathThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Sigstore | 5 | 5 | 50% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“That's actually awesome. I'm working on a project right now that could use this!”
“about as close as you can get”
“For Open Source Software, you can use SignPath for free”
“We ended up getting our certificate sources from signpath.org and have been grateful to them ever since.”
“Quite a few OSS projects use it.”
“We've been using them for over a year now for signing the DB Browser for SQLite executables”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.