XCA is a consumer product built for system administrators and security engineers.

Is XCA still maintained?

Unverified. XCA has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What projects are similar to XCA?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include EfficiencyNext Data Connector, CKB, and GITVERSE.

XCA is developed by Christian Hohnstädt, based in Germany.

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XCA

Name: XCA
Author: Christian Hohnstädt

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XCA is a graphical application for managing a complete Public Key Infrastructure. It allows users to generate and manage RSA, DSA, and EC private keys, X.509 certificates, certificate requests, and Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs). It supports templates for consistent issuance, PKCS#11 smartcards, and multiple export formats. The tool is designed to be more user-friendly than raw OpenSSL while offering broad x509v3 extension support.

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Overview

6 features

XCA sits in PulseGate's Developer Tools category. Creating, managing, and maintaining a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with X.509 certificates and keys. XCA is a consumer product aimed at system administrators and security engineers. It is available for free. It runs on Linux.

Christian Hohnstädt builds and maintains XCA. Key capabilities include PKI management, certificate generation, and key management.

PKI management
Certificate generation
Key management
CRL support
Smartcard support
Template system

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Linux

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed29 Jul · 15:24 UTC
xca verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about XCA

What does XCA do?: Creating, managing, and maintaining a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with X.509 certificates and keys. It is catalogued under Developer Tools on PulseGate.
Who is XCA for?: XCA is a consumer product built for system administrators and security engineers.
Is XCA free?: Yes — XCA is free to use.
What platforms does XCA run on?: XCA runs on Linux.
Is XCA still maintained?: Unverified. XCA has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to XCA?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include EfficiencyNext Data Connector, CKB, and GITVERSE.EfficiencyNext Data Connector CKB GITVERSE
Who develops XCA?: XCA is developed by Christian Hohnstädt, based in Germany.

At a glance

Platforms: Desktop
Languages: English
First seen: 29 Jul 2026
Built for: System administrators and security engineers
Model: B2C
Solves: Creating, managing, and maintaining a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) with X.509 certificates and keys.

Registered as

Flathub: de.hohnstaedt.xca

Developer

🇩🇪Christian Hohnstädt

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70
Indexed: 29 Jul 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Jul 2026
Last seen: 29 Jul 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: xca-flathub-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 29 Jul 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 29 Jul 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 4 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://flathub.org/apps/de.hohnstaedt.xca

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