Open Quantum Safe (liboqs + oqs-provider)

v0.14.0Open Quantum Safe project (Linux Foundation PQCA)

liboqs 0.14 with the OpenSSL oqs-provider: ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA plus HQC, FrodoKEM, BIKE, Classic McEliece and FN-DSA. oqs-bench compares key, ciphertext and signature sizes, relative cost and TLS ClientHello fit; openssl genpkey/list gain the extra algorithms.

Category: Standards, guidance & secure-development tooling
Package: liboqs-tools
Runs on: Linux · Windows
Commands: oqs-bench

Sizes are the published parameter sets; speeds are illustrative. No cryptography runs.

Install it

The scripts below install the real Open Quantum Safe project (Linux Foundation PQCA) package on your own machine — read them first, and run them somewhere you are allowed to change. Inside the range, one press puts the simulated package on your next machine.

Linux installer (shell script)

install-liboqs.sh

Windows installer (PowerShell)

Install-liboqs.ps1

On a range machine

Add it to your kit and every machine you launch comes with it.

On Linux

Debian, Ubuntu, Kali (apt)

Refresh the package lists
```
sudo apt update
```
Install Open Quantum Safe (liboqs + oqs-provider)
```
sudo apt install -y liboqs-tools
```

RHEL, Fedora (dnf)

Install Open Quantum Safe (liboqs + oqs-provider)
```
sudo dnf install -y liboqs-tools
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Arch (pacman)

Install Open Quantum Safe (liboqs + oqs-provider)
```
sudo pacman -S --noconfirm liboqs-tools
```

Alpine (apk)

Install Open Quantum Safe (liboqs + oqs-provider)
```
sudo apk add liboqs-tools
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Check it worked

Confirm it landed on PATH
```
which oqs-bench
```
Check the version
```
oqs-bench --version
```
The range reports 0.14.0.

Remove it

Take it off again
```
sudo apt remove --purge liboqs-tools
```

On Windows

Windows Package Manager (winget)

Search the catalog
```
winget search liboqs-tools
```
Install Open Quantum Safe (liboqs + oqs-provider)
```
winget install --id liboqs-tools -e
```
Package names drift between distributions; search first if this one misses.

Chocolatey (choco)

Install Open Quantum Safe (liboqs + oqs-provider)
```
choco install liboqs-tools -y
```
Run the shell as administrator.

Check it worked

Confirm it resolves
```
where oqs-bench
```
Check the version
```
oqs-bench --version
```
The range reports 0.14.0.

Remove it

Take it off again
```
winget uninstall --id liboqs-tools
```

Inside the range

Tick it on the launch screen
Under Open Quantum Safe (liboqs + oqs-provider)'s category on the advanced tool shelf. A lab that depends on it locks the toggle on and says why.
Or install it from a range terminal
```
sudo apt install -y liboqs-tools
```
The simulated package manager seeds the same binaries, config and receipt the shelf toggle does.
Everything here is simulated
No software is downloaded and nothing executes — the range answers from authored fixtures.

Labs that use Open Quantum Safe (liboqs + oqs-provider)

No lab locks this one on yet — tick it on the launch screen and take it into any scenario.