---
name: "gpgparticipants"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "signing-party"
version: "2.11-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/gpgparticipants"
---

# gpgparticipants(1)

generate paper list for keysigning party

## NAME

gpgparticipants - generate paper list for keysigning party

## SYNOPSIS

**gpgparticipants** \[*OPTIONS*\] {input\|-} {output\|-} datestring organizer title

## DESCRIPTION

**gpgparticipants** is targeted at organisers of a keysigning party that uses the Zimmermann-Sassaman key-signing protocol.

It creates a file with all the keys from a list of participators in your keysigning party. You give it a list with key ID's and some general variables, and it will generate a file you can publish. You publish this list; participants will download and print this file to take with them to the party.

## OPTIONS

- **-a***HASHES, **--algorithm=**HASHES*

  For each algorithm in *HASHES*, a comma-separated list of digest algorithms supported by [**gpg**(1)](/gpg/1.md), add a placeholder for the digest value (to be filled by the participants) to the output file.  Default: SHA256,RIPEMD160.

## ENVIRONMENT

- *HOME*

  Set the default home directory.

- *GNUPGBIN*

  Set the gpg binary.  Default: "gpg".

- *GNUPGHOME*

  Set the default working directory for gpg.  Default: "~/.gnupg".

## EXAMPLES

To create a KSP file with all keys present in the keyring:

    gpg --with-colons --fingerprint \| sed -n "/^pub:/ {n; /^fpr:/p}" \| cut -sd: -f10 \| \\\
         gpgparticipants - ksp-file.txt "20080222 1100" "My Name \<my.name@my.mail\>" "my party 08"

## SEE ALSO

[**gpg**(1)](/gpg/1.md),[**gpgsigs**(1)](/gpgsigs/1.md)

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Thijs Kinkhorst \<thijs@debian.org\>.