mkcert
Using certificates from real certificate authorities (CAs) for development can be dangerous or impossible (for hosts like example.test, localhost or 127.0.0.1), but self-signed certificates cause trust errors.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (BSD-3-Clause)
Platforms
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Features
- Localhost
Tags
- local-development
- HTTPS
- ios
- Certificate
- tls
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FiloSottileLicensing
Open Source (BSD-3-Clause) and Free product.Written in
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What is mkcert?
Using certificates from real certificate authorities (CAs) for development can be dangerous or impossible (for hosts like example.test, localhost or 127.0.0.1), but self-signed certificates cause trust errors. Managing your own CA is the best solution, but usually involves arcane commands, specialized knowledge and manual steps.
mkcert automatically creates and installs a local CA in the system root store, and generates locally-trusted certificates. mkcert does not automatically configure servers to use the certificates, though, that's up to you.