DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/common/melt.md

melt

Backup and restore Ed25519 SSH keys using memorizable seed phrases. More information: https://github.com/charmbracelet/melt#usage.

• Generate a seed phrase from an existing Ed25519 private key:

melt {{~/.ssh/id_ed25519}}

• Generate a seed phrase from stdin:

{{cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519}} | melt

• Restore an SSH key from a seed phrase:

melt restore {{path/to/key}} --seed "{{seed_phrase}}"

• Restore an SSH key from a seed phrase via stdin:

{{cat path/to/file}} | melt restore -