vwh

Public inspector CLI for VWH artifacts (.vwh). This tool verifies signatures locally and can optionally consult a public registry for key and artifact status.

Install

From crates.io:

cargo install vwh

Windows prerequisite:

• The MSVC linker (link.exe) is required. Install "Build Tools for Visual Studio" with the "Desktop development with C++" workload, then reopen your terminal.

Build from source:

cargo build --release -p vwh

Binary location:

• macOS/Linux: target/release/vwh
• Windows: target/release/vwh.exe

Usage

Inspect a file:

vwh inspect artifact.vwh

Offline mode:

vwh inspect artifact.vwh --offline

Custom registry URL:

vwh inspect artifact.vwh --registry https://example.com/registry

Environment variable:

export VWH_REGISTRY_URL=https://example.com/registry
vwh inspect artifact.vwh

Windows (PowerShell):

$env:VWH_REGISTRY_URL = "https://example.com/registry"
vwh.exe inspect artifact.vwh

Registry

If available, the inspector fetches:

• keys.json
• ledger.json

Default registry base URL:

• https://notvc.to/vwh-registry

Registry data is advisory only. Signature validity is always authoritative and local.