🔐 Configure SSH and GPG
Last updated: November 6, 2025
Set up SSH keys for Git authentication, configure GPG for commit signing, and manage secure connections
Overview
Configure SSH and GPG on Windows for secure Git operations, commit signing, and authenticated connections to GitHub, GitLab, and other services.
What this helps with
What to expect: Medium difficulty • usually about 15-25 minutes.
This is one of 28 Developer Tools & Programming fixes in the WindowsHelper library. The full step-by-step fix lives in the WindowsHelper app.
Coming soon in the app
The full step-by-step fix for this lives in the WindowsHelper phone app — coming soon, no price announced yet. The free PC Companion (available now) is the piece that connects your phone to your PC.
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