Charta.Signing 1.8.0

dotnet add package Charta.Signing --version 1.8.0
                    
NuGet\Install-Package Charta.Signing -Version 1.8.0
                    
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Charta.Signing" Version="1.8.0" />
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="Charta.Signing" Version="1.8.0" />
                    
Directory.Packages.props
<PackageReference Include="Charta.Signing" />
                    
Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.
paket add Charta.Signing --version 1.8.0
                    
#r "nuget: Charta.Signing, 1.8.0"
                    
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
#:package Charta.Signing@1.8.0
                    
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=Charta.Signing&version=1.8.0
                    
Install as a Cake Addin
#tool nuget:?package=Charta.Signing&version=1.8.0
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

Charta.Signing

PAdES digital signatures for Charta — sign generated PDFs with an X.509 certificate. Uses only the .NET cryptography stack: no BouncyCastle, no native dependencies.

Usage

using Charta;
using Charta.Signing;
using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;

var cert = X509CertificateLoader.LoadPkcs12FromFile("signer.pfx", "password");
var signer = PdfSigners.FromCertificate(cert);

Document.Create(doc => doc.Page(page => page.Content().Text("Signed with Charta")))
    .GenerateSignedPdf("signed.pdf", signer, new SignatureInfo
    {
        Reason = "I approve this document",
        Location = "Istanbul",
    });

The result carries an invisible signature over the whole document (PAdES baseline B-B): a detached CMS SignedData with a SHA-256 digest and the ESS signing-certificate-v2 attribute. Include the issuing chain via the additionalCertificates argument so validators can verify it.

Trusted timestamps (PAdES B-T)

Pass an ITimestampAuthority to embed an RFC 3161 signature timestamp as an unsigned CMS attribute — the signature becomes PAdES B-T, and the signing time is asserted by a trusted third party rather than the signer:

var tsa = TimestampAuthorities.Http(new Uri("https://freetsa.org/tsr"));
var signer = PdfSigners.FromCertificate(cert, timestampAuthority: tsa);

TimestampAuthorities.Http posts to any RFC 3161 HTTP TSA (optionally with basic auth). To route through an offline TSA, a queue, or a captured response, implement ITimestampAuthority yourself — it takes a DER TimeStampReq and returns the DER TimeStampResp.

License

MIT

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 is compatible.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
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1.8.0 116 7/10/2026
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