Choose for PDF signing inside a Python app when you don't need a standalone signing service.
pyHanko: sign and stamp PDF files
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- Python
- MIT
PKI signing server / code & document signing
SignServer Community is a Java-based, PKI-driven signing server for code, documents, timestamps, and other artifacts, keeping keys secure and workflows auditable.
Solves the same problem with a different architecture or at a different layer. Expect to rewrite the integration.
Choose for PDF signing inside a Python app when you don't need a standalone signing service.
pyHanko: sign and stamp PDF files
Use for in-process PDF signing in Go instead of a centralized signing server.
Add/verify Advanced Electronic Signature (AES) and Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) in PDF (using pure Go)
Choose when you need to sign PDFs within a Node.js application rather than via a signing service.
Simple signing of PDFs in node.
Use for PDF signing inside a PHP application when a full signing service is overkill.
Simple and Agnostic PDF Document Parser in PHP - sign PDF docs using PHP
Choose for keyless container/binary signing with transparency logs instead of a PKI-based signing server.
Code signing and transparency for containers and binaries
Use for in-process PDF signing in Go when you need a library rather than a signing service.
Golang PDF library for creating and processing PDF files (pure go)
Use for PDF signing inside Java applications when you don't need a dedicated signing server.
iText for Java represents the next level of SDKs for developers that want to take advantage of the benefits PDF can bring. Equipped with a better document engine, high and low-level programming capabilities and the ability to create, edit and enhance PDF documents, iText can be a boon to nearly every workflow.
Use for PDF signing inside .NET applications when a full signing service is unnecessary.
iText for .NET is the .NET version of the iText library, formerly known as iTextSharp, which it replaces. iText represents the next level of SDKs for developers that want to take advantage of the benefits PDF can bring. Equipped with a better document engine, high and low-level programming capabilities and the ability to create, edit and enha
An earlier or more limited way to do the job. Still the right call when you need something small, proven, or CPU-only.
Use for iOS-only code signing as a lightweight CLI, but it lacks the server-based multi-format signing.
Fast Cross-Platform iOS Code Signing Tool
Use for local Android APK signing as a legacy CLI, but it's Android-only and not server-based.
A cli tool that helps signing and zip aligning single or multiple Android application packages (APKs) with either debug or provided release certificates. It supports v1, v2 and v3 Android signing scheme has an embedded debug keystore and auto verifies after signing.
Use for keyless Git commit signing, but it only covers Git and requires Sigstore.
Keyless Git signing using Sigstore
These projects were analysed and named signserver-ce among their alternatives. The relationship is not symmetric — how signserver-ce rates them is a separate judgement, made when signserver-ce is analysed in its own right.
calls signserver-ce “PKI-based signing server (code/doc/time); choose it when you need cryptographic signing services, not a user-facing e-sign UI.”
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calls signserver-ce “choose it when you need an enterprise PKI signing service for automated server-side signing of documents/code, not human signing workflows.”
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