About Secrets OPerationS
sops is an editor of encrypted files that supports YAML, JSON, ENV, INI and BINARY formats and encrypts with AWS KMS, GCP KMS, Azure Key Vault, age, and PGP.
Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets
sops is an editor of encrypted files that supports YAML, JSON, ENV, INI and BINARY formats and encrypts with AWS KMS, GCP KMS, Azure Key Vault, age, and PGP.
Installation
To install sops, download one of the pre-built binaries provided for your platform from the artifacts attached to this release.
For instance, if you are using Linux on an AMD64 architecture:
shell
Download the binary
curl -LO https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.13.3/sops-v3.13.3.linux.amd64
Move the binary in to your PATH
mv sops-v3.13.3.linux.amd64 /usr/local/bin/sops
Make the binary executable
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/sops
Verify checksums file signature
The checksums file provided within the artifacts attached to this release is signed using Cosign with GitHub OIDC. To validate the signature of this file, run the following commands:
shell
Download the checksums file, certificate and signature
curl -LO https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.13.3/sops-v3.13.3.checksums.txt
curl -LO https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.13.3/sops-v3.13.3.checksums.sigstore.json
Verify the checksums file
cosign verify-blob sops-v3.13.3.checksums.txt \
--bundle sops-v3.13.3.checksums.sigstore.json \
--certificate-identity-regexp=https://github.com/getsops \
--certificate-oidc-issuer=https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com
Verify binary integrity
To verify the integrity of the downloaded binary, you can utilize the checksums file after having validated its signature:
shell
Verify the binary using the checksums file
sha256sum -c sops-v3.13.3.checksums.txt --ignore-missing
Verify artifact provenance
The SLSA provenance of the binaries, packages, and SBOMs can be found within the artifacts associated with this release. It is presented through an in-toto link metadata file named sops-v3.13.3.intoto.jsonl. To verify the provenance of an artifact, you can utilize the slsa-verifier tool:
shell
Download the metadata file
curl -LO https://github.com/getsops/sops/releases/download/v3.13.3/sops-v3.13.3.intoto.jsonl
Verify the provenance of the artifact
slsa-verifier verify-artifact <artifact> \
--provenance-path sops-v3.13.3.intoto.jsonl \
--source-uri github.com/getsops/sops \
--source-tag v3.13.3
Container Images
The sops binaries are also available as container images, based on Debian (slim) and Alpine Linux. …
| Publisher | SOPS: Secrets OPerationS |
|---|---|
| Version | 3.13.3 |
| Release date | 2026-07-23 |
| License | MPL-2.0 |
| Installer type | portable |
| Architecture | x64, arm64 |
| Package ID | SecretsOPerationS.SOPS |
Install Secrets OPerationS from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):
winget install --id=SecretsOPerationS.SOPS -e