- GPGME (GnuPG Made Easy) is a C language library that allows to add
- support for cryptography to a program. It is designed to make access to
- public key crypto engines like GnuPG or GpgSM easier for applications.
- GPGME provides a high-level crypto API for encryption, decryption,
- signing, signature verification and key management.
+ GnuPG Made Easy (GPGME) is a library designed to make access to GnuPG easier for
+ applications. It provides a High-Level Crypto API for encryption, decryption, signing,
+ signature verification and key management. Currently it uses GnuPG as its backend but
+ the API isn't restricted to this engine; in fact we have already developed a backend
+ for CMS (S/MIME).