Python module to extract CA and CRL certs from Windows' cert store

JSON →
library 0.2.1 ·python deprecated
verified May 24, 2026

wincertstore is a Python module designed to extract CA and CRL certificates from the Windows certificate store using ctypes and the Windows system cert store API through `crypt32.dll`. However, the package is officially deprecated. Since Python 2.7.9, the standard `ssl.create_default_context()` function automatically handles loading certificates from the Windows certificate store, making `wincertstore` largely redundant for modern Python applications.

total hits 22
actors 7 distinct systems
last hit 1d ago ByteDance
GPTBot
6
MetaBot
4
ByteDance
3
Script
2
Search engines
1
Humans
2

top countries 🇺🇸 United States · 🇸🇬 Singapore · 🇨🇦 Canada · 🇩🇪 Germany · 🇳🇴 Norway