diff --git a/modules/bit/moon.mod.json b/modules/bit/moon.mod.json
index e022b9e0..d7f88be5 100644
--- a/modules/bit/moon.mod.json
+++ b/modules/bit/moon.mod.json
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     "bobzhang/toml": "0.1.7",
     "mizchi/libgit2": "0.1.0",
     "mizchi/zlib": "0.4.5",
+    "mizchi/experimental_crypto": "0.0.2",
+    "mizchi/bitx_openpgp": "0.42.2",
     "mizchi/bit_apply": "0.42.2",
     "mizchi/bit_archive": "0.42.2",
     "mizchi/bit_bootstrap": "0.42.2",
diff --git a/modules/bit/src/cmd/bit/moon.pkg b/modules/bit/src/cmd/bit/moon.pkg
index b936e784..bcd53e66 100644
--- a/modules/bit/src/cmd/bit/moon.pkg
+++ b/modules/bit/src/cmd/bit/moon.pkg
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   "mizchi/bit_io/native" @bitnative,
   "mizchi/bitx_hub" @hub,
   "mizchi/bitx_hub/native" @hub_native,
+  "mizchi/bitx_openpgp" @openpgp,
   "mizchi/bitx_rebase_ai" @rebase_ai,
   "mizchi/bit_vfs" @bitfs,
   "mizchi/bitx_doc" @xdoc,
diff --git a/modules/bit/src/cmd/bit/signing_helpers.mbt b/modules/bit/src/cmd/bit/signing_helpers.mbt
index a8f836ba..2e7697ca 100644
--- a/modules/bit/src/cmd/bit/signing_helpers.mbt
+++ b/modules/bit/src/cmd/bit/signing_helpers.mbt
@@ -750,6 +750,122 @@ async fn signing_run_ssh_verifier(
   false
 }
 
+///|
+/// Read the native OpenPGP verification keyring, if one is configured. The
+/// source is the `gpg.openpgpKeyringFile` config key (a file of one or more
+/// ASCII-armored public keys), overridable via the `BIT_OPENPGP_KEYRING`
+/// environment variable. A flat key name (no inner dot) is used deliberately
+/// so that `git config gpg.openpgpKeyringFile <path>` stores it under `[gpg]`
+/// where bit's config reader can find it, rather than as a `[gpg "openpgp"]`
+/// subsection. Returns the parsed armored key blocks when configured, or
+/// `None` when no native keyring is set — in which case callers fall back to
+/// the external gpg program. Raises when a configured file cannot be read.
+fn signing_openpgp_native_keyring(
+  fs : OsFs,
+  root : String,
+  git_dir : String,
+) -> Array[String]? raise @bitcore.GitError {
+  let configured = match @sys.get_env_var("BIT_OPENPGP_KEYRING") {
+    Some(value) if value.trim().to_owned().length() > 0 => Some(value)
+    _ => bit_config_get(git_dir, "gpg", "openpgpKeyringFile")
+  }
+  guard configured is Some(raw) else { return None }
+  let value = signing_normalize_config_value(raw)
+  if value.length() == 0 {
+    return None
+  }
+  let path = signing_resolve_config_path(root, value)
+  let data = fs.read_file(path) catch {
+    err =>
+      raise @bitcore.GitError::InvalidObject(
+        "failed to read gpg.openpgpKeyringFile '\{path}': \{err}",
+      )
+  }
+  Some(@openpgp.split_armored_public_keys(decode_bytes(data)))
+}
+
+///|
+/// Verify a detached OpenPGP signature natively (pure MoonBit, no external
+/// gpg) and produce the verification result plus a concise gpg-style status
+/// line for stderr. Pure and target-independent; the caller is responsible for
+/// emitting the message.
+fn signing_openpgp_native_result(
+  payload : Bytes,
+  signature : String,
+  keys : Array[String],
+) -> (Bool, String) {
+  let result = @openpgp.verify_detached_armored(payload, signature, keys)
+  let message = if result.verified {
+    "bit: Good OpenPGP signature (native verification)"
+  } else {
+    match result.error {
+      Some(detail) => "bit: OpenPGP signature not verified: " + detail
+      None => "bit: BAD OpenPGP signature (no configured key validates it)"
+    }
+  }
+  (result.verified, message)
+}
+
+///|
+/// Whether native (pure-MoonBit) signature verification is opted into, via the
+/// `BIT_NATIVE_VERIFY` environment variable or the `gpg.nativeVerify` config
+/// key. This routes SSH verification away from the external `ssh-keygen`.
+/// (OpenPGP self-activates whenever a native keyring is configured, so it does
+/// not require this flag.)
+fn signing_native_verify_enabled(git_dir : String) -> Bool {
+  match @sys.get_env_var("BIT_NATIVE_VERIFY") {
+    Some(value) => {
+      let normalized = value.trim().to_owned().to_lower()
+      if normalized != "" && normalized != "0" && normalized != "false" {
+        return true
+      }
+    }
+    None => ()
+  }
+  match bit_config_get(git_dir, "gpg", "nativeVerify") {
+    Some(value) => parse_bool_value(value).unwrap_or(false)
+    None => false
+  }
+}
+
+///|
+/// Read the OpenSSH allowed-signers file (`gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile`) for
+/// native SSH verification. Returns its contents, or `None` when the file is
+/// not configured or cannot be read (callers then fall back to `ssh-keygen`).
+fn signing_ssh_native_allowed_signers(
+  fs : OsFs,
+  root : String,
+  git_dir : String,
+) -> String? {
+  guard signing_allowed_signers_file(root, git_dir) is Some(path) else {
+    return None
+  }
+  let data = fs.read_file(path) catch { _ => return None }
+  Some(decode_bytes(data))
+}
+
+///|
+/// Verify a detached SSHSIG signature natively (pure MoonBit, no `ssh-keygen`)
+/// and produce the result plus a concise status line for stderr.
+fn signing_ssh_native_result(
+  payload : Bytes,
+  signature : String,
+  allowed_signers_text : String,
+) -> (Bool, String) {
+  let result = @openpgp.verify_ssh_detached(
+    payload, signature, allowed_signers_text,
+  )
+  let message = if result.verified {
+    "bit: Good SSH signature (native verification)"
+  } else {
+    match result.error {
+      Some(detail) => "bit: SSH signature not verified: " + detail
+      None => "bit: BAD SSH signature (no allowed signer validates it)"
+    }
+  }
+  (result.verified, message)
+}
+
 ///|
 async fn signing_verify_payload(
   fs : OsFs,
@@ -759,6 +875,34 @@ async fn signing_verify_payload(
   signature : String,
 ) -> Bool raise @bitcore.GitError {
   let format = signing_detect_signature_format(git_dir, signature)
+  // For OpenPGP signatures, prefer native verification when the caller has
+  // configured a public-key source; otherwise fall back to the gpg program.
+  if format == "openpgp" {
+    match signing_openpgp_native_keyring(fs, root, git_dir) {
+      Some(keys) => {
+        let (verified, message) = signing_openpgp_native_result(
+          payload, signature, keys,
+        )
+        signing_emit_stderr_text(message) catch { _ => () }
+        return verified
+      }
+      None => ()
+    }
+  }
+  // For SSH signatures, use native verification when opted in (and an
+  // allowed-signers file is available); otherwise fall back to `ssh-keygen`.
+  if format == "ssh" && signing_native_verify_enabled(git_dir) {
+    match signing_ssh_native_allowed_signers(fs, root, git_dir) {
+      Some(allowed_text) => {
+        let (verified, message) = signing_ssh_native_result(
+          payload, signature, allowed_text,
+        )
+        signing_emit_stderr_text(message) catch { _ => () }
+        return verified
+      }
+      None => ()
+    }
+  }
   match format {
     "ssh" => signing_run_ssh_verifier(fs, root, git_dir, payload, signature)
     "x509" | _ =>
diff --git a/modules/bitx_openpgp/moon.mod.json b/modules/bitx_openpgp/moon.mod.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c0c5b4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/bitx_openpgp/moon.mod.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "mizchi/bitx_openpgp",
+  "version": "0.42.2",
+  "deps": {
+    "mizchi/experimental_crypto": "0.0.2"
+  },
+  "repository": "https://github.com/mizchi/bit-vcs",
+  "license": "Apache-2.0",
+  "keywords": ["git", "openpgp", "pgp", "signature", "verify"],
+  "description": "Native OpenPGP signature verification (extension module for mizchi/bit)",
+  "source": "src"
+}
diff --git a/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/moon.pkg.json b/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/moon.pkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf776ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/moon.pkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "import": [
+    "mizchi/experimental_crypto/pgp",
+    "mizchi/experimental_crypto/ssh"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/verify.mbt b/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/verify.mbt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f637953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/verify.mbt
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+///| Native OpenPGP detached-signature verification.
+///
+/// Thin wrapper over `mizchi/experimental_crypto/pgp` that lets `bit` verify
+/// OpenPGP signatures (commits, tags) without shelling out to `gpg`. The
+/// caller supplies the signed payload, the ASCII-armored detached signature,
+/// and one or more ASCII-armored public keys to check against.
+
+///|
+/// Outcome of an OpenPGP verification attempt.
+pub struct VerifyResult {
+  /// True when at least one supplied public key validates the signature.
+  verified : Bool
+  /// Set when no key validated and a parse/verify error was encountered for
+  /// every candidate (best-effort diagnostic; `None` for a clean "bad
+  /// signature" where the keys parsed but none matched).
+  error : String?
+}
+
+///|
+/// Verify a detached, ASCII-armored OpenPGP signature over `payload` against a
+/// set of ASCII-armored public keys. Returns `verified = true` as soon as any
+/// key validates the signature. Keys that fail to parse, or signature schemes
+/// the underlying library does not support, are skipped rather than aborting
+/// the whole check, so a single bad key in the file cannot mask a good one.
+pub fn verify_detached_armored(
+  payload : Bytes,
+  signature_armor : String,
+  public_keys_armor : Array[String],
+) -> VerifyResult {
+  let mut last_error : String? = None
+  for key_armor in public_keys_armor {
+    let packet = try {
+      @pgp.parse_pubkey_armor(key_armor)
+    } catch {
+      _ => {
+        last_error = Some("failed to parse OpenPGP public key")
+        continue
+      }
+    }
+    let ok = try {
+      @pgp.verify_armor(signature_armor, payload, packet.key)
+    } catch {
+      _ => {
+        last_error = Some("unsupported or malformed OpenPGP signature")
+        continue
+      }
+    }
+    if ok {
+      return { verified: true, error: None }
+    }
+  }
+  { verified: false, error: last_error }
+}
+
+///|
+/// Verify a detached SSHSIG (`-----BEGIN SSH SIGNATURE-----`) signature over
+/// `payload` against an OpenSSH allowed-signers file (the contents of
+/// `gpg.ssh.allowedSignersFile`). Git always signs with the `git` namespace,
+/// so that is what is enforced here. Returns `verified = true` as soon as any
+/// principal listed in the allowed-signers file validates the signature —
+/// mirroring `ssh-keygen -Y find-principals` followed by `-Y verify`.
+pub fn verify_ssh_detached(
+  payload : Bytes,
+  signature_armor : String,
+  allowed_signers_text : String,
+) -> VerifyResult {
+  let signers = try {
+    @ssh.parse_allowed_signers(allowed_signers_text)
+  } catch {
+    _ =>
+      return { verified: false, error: Some("failed to parse allowed signers") }
+  }
+  let mut last_error : String? = None
+  for signer in signers {
+    for principal in signer.principals {
+      let ok = try {
+        @ssh.verify_with_allowed_signers(
+          allowed_signers_text,
+          principal,
+          signature_armor,
+          payload,
+          sig_namespace="git",
+        )
+      } catch {
+        _ => {
+          last_error = Some("unsupported or malformed SSH signature")
+          continue
+        }
+      }
+      if ok {
+        return { verified: true, error: None }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  { verified: false, error: last_error }
+}
+
+///|
+/// Split a blob that may contain several concatenated ASCII-armored public key
+/// blocks (e.g. a keyring file exported with `gpg --armor --export`) into the
+/// individual armored blocks. Whitespace/comments between blocks are ignored.
+pub fn split_armored_public_keys(text : String) -> Array[String] {
+  let begin = "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----"
+  let end = "-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----"
+  let blocks : Array[String] = []
+  let mut remaining = text
+  while true {
+    let start = match remaining.find(begin) {
+      Some(i) => i
+      None => break
+    }
+    let from_begin = String::unsafe_substring(
+      remaining,
+      start=start,
+      end=remaining.length(),
+    )
+    let end_off = match from_begin.find(end) {
+      Some(i) => i
+      None => break
+    }
+    let block_end = end_off + end.length()
+    blocks.push(String::unsafe_substring(from_begin, start=0, end=block_end))
+    remaining = String::unsafe_substring(
+      from_begin,
+      start=block_end,
+      end=from_begin.length(),
+    )
+  }
+  blocks
+}
diff --git a/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/verify_ssh_wbtest.mbt b/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/verify_ssh_wbtest.mbt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..46680698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/verify_ssh_wbtest.mbt
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+///| Whitebox test for native SSH (SSHSIG) verification, exercised against a
+///| real `ssh-keygen -Y sign -n git` signature (fixture from OpenSSH).
+test "verify real ssh-keygen ed25519 git signature" {
+  let msg = "hello git signing"
+  let payload : Bytes = Bytes::makei(msg.length(), fn(i) {
+    msg.get_char(i).unwrap().to_int().to_byte()
+  })
+  let sig_armor =
+    #|-----BEGIN SSH SIGNATURE-----
+    #|U1NIU0lHAAAAAQAAADMAAAALc3NoLWVkMjU1MTkAAAAg87IrUjpWCUS3yv0YDR71KNHGm9
+    #|9iwaqoezx5rJemVxUAAAADZ2l0AAAAAAAAAAZzaGE1MTIAAABTAAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5
+    #|AAAAQGjEo2XckzSHCF3KQjzquSFX31V7/93S5QcbtsKB8Kq+fiFubv+cUCdNRsrvJJZ1eW
+    #|USS98VvY3CEN8iz/c7vAE=
+    #|-----END SSH SIGNATURE-----
+  let allowed_signers = "mizchi@misc-test ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIPOyK1I6VglEt8r9GA0e9SjRxpvfYsGqqHs8eayXplcV"
+  let good = verify_ssh_detached(payload, sig_armor, allowed_signers)
+  inspect(good.verified, content="true")
+  // A tampered payload must not verify.
+  let bad_payload : Bytes = Bytes::makei(3, fn(_i) { b'\x00' })
+  let tampered = verify_ssh_detached(bad_payload, sig_armor, allowed_signers)
+  inspect(tampered.verified, content="false")
+  // An empty allowed-signers file -> no principal validates it.
+  let unknown = verify_ssh_detached(payload, sig_armor, "")
+  inspect(unknown.verified, content="false")
+}
diff --git a/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/verify_wbtest.mbt b/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/verify_wbtest.mbt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8a21f62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/bitx_openpgp/src/verify_wbtest.mbt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+///| Whitebox tests for native OpenPGP verification, exercised against a
+///| real signature produced by GnuPG (ed25519, detached, ASCII-armored).
+test "verify real gpg ed25519 detached signature" {
+  let payload : Bytes = Bytes::from_array([b'\x74', b'\x72', b'\x65', b'\x65', b'\x20', b'\x34', b'\x62', b'\x38', b'\x32', b'\x35', b'\x64', b'\x63', b'\x36', b'\x34', b'\x32', b'\x63', b'\x62', b'\x36', b'\x65', b'\x62', b'\x39', b'\x61', b'\x30', b'\x36', b'\x30', b'\x65', b'\x35', b'\x34', b'\x62', b'\x66', b'\x38', b'\x64', b'\x36', b'\x39', b'\x32', b'\x38', b'\x38', b'\x66', b'\x62', b'\x65', b'\x65', b'\x34', b'\x39', b'\x30', b'\x34', b'\x0a', b'\x61', b'\x75', b'\x74', b'\x68', b'\x6f', b'\x72', b'\x20', b'\x41', b'\x20', b'\x3c', b'\x61', b'\x40', b'\x65', b'\x3e', b'\x20', b'\x31', b'\x37', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x20', b'\x2b', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x0a', b'\x63', b'\x6f', b'\x6d', b'\x6d', b'\x69', b'\x74', b'\x74', b'\x65', b'\x72', b'\x20', b'\x41', b'\x20', b'\x3c', b'\x61', b'\x40', b'\x65', b'\x3e', b'\x20', b'\x31', b'\x37', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x20', b'\x2b', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x30', b'\x0a', b'\x0a', b'\x68', b'\x65', b'\x6c', b'\x6c', b'\x6f', b'\x20', b'\x73', b'\x69', b'\x67', b'\x6e', b'\x65', b'\x64', b'\x20', b'\x63', b'\x6f', b'\x6d', b'\x6d', b'\x69', b'\x74', b'\x0a'])
+  let sig_armor = "-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----\n\niHUEABYKAB0WIQRutwAix16c8psOpLi58o1L69KPJQUCaj60XgAKCRC58o1L69KP\nJcDsAQDg8oJOROgli9EdT8tcYgNWlWm36nUVAsZX8rXmJQyEJQD/XwFt5u3wHPBU\nZkvflGecPDTlu48ZE6969WPhQ77gBgg=\n=ESFu\n-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----\n"
+  let keyring = "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n\nmDMEaj60XhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAyWNeGvursagoOmzp4FmwmkmVTvYZQgHcsb29\nMTIUFHm0HlRlc3QgU2lnbmVyIDx0ZXN0QGV4YW1wbGUuY29tPoiTBBMWCgA7FiEE\nbrcAIsdenPKbDqS4ufKNS+vSjyUFAmo+tF4CGwMFCwkIBwICIgIGFQoJCAsCBBYC\nAwECHgcCF4AACgkQufKNS+vSjyWEAwD/T7d/NUMv6JMD31Ht09mQfWeVLDA2xLJ0\n5pZbQUzeMRsBAJbt+Eu1yCH1qjQG3AEk9Jr8+oXfZ8kSiAyZXxQdywkJ\n=beqv\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n"
+  let keys = split_armored_public_keys(keyring)
+  inspect(keys.length(), content="1")
+  let good = verify_detached_armored(payload, sig_armor, keys)
+  inspect(good.verified, content="true")
+  let bad = Bytes::from_array([b'\x00', b'\x01', b'\x02'])
+  let tampered = verify_detached_armored(bad, sig_armor, keys)
+  inspect(tampered.verified, content="false")
+  let none_keys = verify_detached_armored(payload, sig_armor, [])
+  inspect(none_keys.verified, content="false")
+}
diff --git a/moon.work b/moon.work
index 9c519764..4b94cb76 100644
--- a/moon.work
+++ b/moon.work
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ members = [
   "./modules/bitx_doc",
   "./modules/bitx_hq",
   "./modules/bitx_hub",
+  "./modules/bitx_openpgp",
   "./modules/bitx_kv",
   "./modules/bitx_rebase_ai",
   "./modules/bitx_subdir",