# ssh-tpm-agent

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/ssh-tpm-agent/

6 people recommended ssh-tpm-agent in Hacker News comments and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for storing SSH keys in a TPM chip and for reliable long-term use. One critic says its authors need to learn about PCR phases.

Summary written by Claude from 4 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Recommended as the right way to store keys (1 comment in the sample): "take a look at tpm-ssh-agent or gnupg for how to do that part the right way" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47798797))
- Works very well over a year of use (1 comment in the sample): "I've been using this for a ~year now and it works very well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46026882))

## What people recommend instead

- [Secretive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/secretive/): 8 recommend, 5 mixed, 2 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ssh-tpm-agent", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ssh-tpm-agent/ (6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 3 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.