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acme.sh

ACME protocol client written in POSIX shell that issues, installs and renews TLS certificates from ACME certificate authorities.

acme.sh is an ACME protocol client written in POSIX shell. It requests and renews TLS certificates from certificate authorities that support the ACME protocol. It is installed with a script fetched by curl, with a git clone, or with a Docker image from the GitHub Container Registry. The client runs from a daily cron job that the installer creates, which checks certificates and renews them when needed. It runs in a POSIX shell with curl or wget.

Worth knowing

The project’s homepage is run by ZeroSSL, which sponsors and maintains acme.sh and sells the hosted certificate services that the homepage advertises. ZeroSSL is the default certificate authority, and the README also lists Let’s Encrypt, SSL.com, Google Public CA and Actalis.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
ZeroSSL GmbH4
Maintained by
Company4
First release
20165
Headquarters
Austria4

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Scheduled6
Install with
shell script fetched with curl67

Releases

Current major version
39
Last release
2026-09-209

Adoption

GitHub stars
47,8682
Contributors
37810

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-28: links, Categories
    acme.sh/
  2. 2026-10-28: links, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/acmesh-official/acme.sh
  3. 2026-10-28: links
    github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/wiki
  4. 2026-10-28: Maintainer, Maintained by, Headquarters
    zerossl.com/legal/imprint
  5. 2026-10-28: First release
    github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/releases/tag/1.2.2
  6. 2026-10-28: Install with, Runs as
    github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh
  7. 2026-10-28: Install with
    github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/wiki/Run-acme.sh-in-docker
  8. 2026-10-28: License, License model
    github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/blob/master/LICENSE.md
  9. 2026-10-28: Current major version, Last release
    github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh/releases/tag/3.1.6
  10. 2026-10-28: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/acmesh-official/acme.sh/contributors?per_page=1

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