# Rekor: signature transparency log for software supply chain metadata, README overview

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- updated: 2026-11-07T16:15:18.767Z
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The README presents Rekor as the signature transparency log within Sigstore's signing infrastructure.

Source: https://github.com/sigstore/rekor

What it supplies: The README presents Rekor as the signature transparency log within Sigstore's signing infrastructure.

Useful for: - Record signed metadata about build artifacts in a public log.
- Verify inclusion proofs and look up entries by key or artifact with the CLI.

First action: - Follow the installation docs to install the rekor CLI or run a server.
- Note the 100KB attestation limit on the public instance.

Prerequisites and limits: Rekor v1 is in maintenance mode; check the Sigstore docs for the current version.

- v1 is in maintenance mode.
- The public instance limits attestations to 100KB.

The README text read states no licence, so check the repository licence file. Entries in a public log are public.

Written from the README text only. Statements are as the README gives them; nothing was installed or run.
Based on goals, CLI, current state and installation README text only; other sections were not read in full. Nothing was installed or run.

Source inspected: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sigstore/rekor/e4a264e11223db172c35160dc1ce3fb2e605ec42/README.md ; 4800 bytes ; sha256 98f3938f55a6886449597f7c3fe3cb8c3399ff774bd957aee19f3efc34290192 ; 6 exact pinned excerpts in the draft pin map

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