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Posh-ACME

PowerShell module and ACME client that creates publicly trusted SSL/TLS certificates from an ACME certificate authority such as Let's Encrypt.

Posh-ACME is a PowerShell module and ACME client that creates SSL/TLS certificates from an ACME certificate authority such as Let’s Encrypt. It validates domains through DNS and HTTP challenge plugins, and it can import the finished certificate into the Windows certificate store. It is installed from the PowerShell Gallery with Install-Module, and it runs on Windows PowerShell with a .NET Framework release and on PowerShell Core across all supported platforms. Renewals are run by a job on the host, such as Windows Task Scheduler or cron. The module is by Ryan Bolger and is published on GitHub.

Worth knowing

The module only obtains certificates and does not deploy them to a web server or service. The certificate import into the Windows store works only on Windows. The documentation describes a local HTTP challenge listener for validation, and its guide on alternate trust chains notes that a website on Windows, such as one served by IIS, can keep serving the default chain.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Ryan Bolger3
Maintained by
Individual3
First release
20184

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Scheduled5
Install with
PowerShell Gallery (Install-Module)1

Releases

Current major version
46
Last release
2026-10-126

Adoption

GitHub stars
9352
Contributors
887

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-10-30: name, links, Categories, Install with
    poshac.me/docs/latest/
  2. 2026-10-30: links, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/rmbolger/Posh-ACME
  3. 2026-10-30: Maintainer, Maintained by, License, License model
    raw.githubusercontent.com/rmbolger/Posh-ACME/main/LICENSE
  4. 2026-10-30: First release
    github.com/rmbolger/Posh-ACME/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
  5. 2026-10-30: Runs as
    poshac.me/docs/latest/Tutorial/
  6. 2026-10-30: Current major version, Last release
    github.com/rmbolger/Posh-ACME/releases/tag/v4.35.0
  7. 2026-10-30: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/rmbolger/Posh-ACME/contributors?per_page=1

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