---
name: "sq-autocrypt"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sq"
version: "0.27.0-2+b1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/sq-autocrypt"
---

# sq-autocrypt(1)

Communicates certificates using Autocrypt

## NAME

autocrypt - Communicates certificates using Autocrypt

## SYNOPSIS

**autocrypt** \[**-h**\|**--help**\] \<*subcommands*\>

## DESCRIPTION

Communicates certificates using Autocrypt

Autocrypt is a standard for mail user agents to provide convenient end-to-end encryption of emails.  This subcommand provides a limited way to produce and consume headers that are used by Autocrypt to communicate certificates between clients.

See https://autocrypt.org/

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help information

## SUBCOMMANDS

- autocrypt-decode(1)

  Reads Autocrypt-encoded certificates

- autocrypt-encode-sender(1)

  Encodes a certificate into an Autocrypt header

## SEE ALSO

For the full documentation see \<https://docs.sequoia-pgp.org/sq/\>.

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