Install Tinkey

You can install Tinkey from prebuilt binaries, use Homebrew, or build Tinkey from the Tink source.

Install from prebuilt binaries

Download the latest version of Tinkey. This version should work well on Linux, macOS and Windows.

Install with Homebrew

To install Tinkey with Homebrew, run the following command:

brew tap google/tink https://github.com/google/tink
brew install tinkey

Build Tinkey from the source

You can build the latest version of Tinkey from Tink's source code by using Bazel.

1. Install Bazel.

2. Check out the Tink code:

   git clone https://github.com/google/tink.git
   

3. Build Tinkey:

   cd tink/tools
   bazel build tinkey
   

Once you build Tinkey, you can find the binary bazel-bin/tinkey/tinkey.

Next:

• Tinkey command reference
• Generate an encrypted keyset