diff --git a/appview/commitverify/verify.go b/appview/commitverify/verify.go
--- a/appview/commitverify/verify.go
+++ b/appview/commitverify/verify.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package commitverify
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
 
 	"github.com/go-git/go-git/v5/plumbing/object"
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@
 					if err != nil {
 						log.Println("error computing ssh fingerprint:", err)
 					}
-					fmt.Println(fp)
 
 					vc := verifiedCommit{fingerprint: fp, hash: c.This}
 					vcs[vc] = struct{}{}
diff --git a/appview/pages/pages.go b/appview/pages/pages.go
--- a/appview/pages/pages.go
+++ b/appview/pages/pages.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/commitverify"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
@@ -414,7 +415,7 @@
 	HTMLReadme         template.HTML
 	Raw                bool
 	EmailToDidOrHandle map[string]string
-	VerifiedCommits    map[string]bool
+	VerifiedCommits    commitverify.VerifiedCommits
 	Languages          *types.RepoLanguageResponse
 	types.RepoIndexResponse
 }
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@
 	types.RepoLogResponse
 	Active             string
 	EmailToDidOrHandle map[string]string
-	VerifiedCommits    map[string]bool
+	VerifiedCommits    commitverify.VerifiedCommits
 }
 
 func (p *Pages) RepoLog(w io.Writer, params RepoLogParams) error {
@@ -466,7 +467,9 @@
 	RepoInfo           repoinfo.RepoInfo
 	Active             string
 	EmailToDidOrHandle map[string]string
-	Verified           bool
+
+	// singular because it's always going to be just one
+	VerifiedCommit commitverify.VerifiedCommits
 
 	types.RepoCommitResponse
 }
diff --git a/appview/repo/repo.go b/appview/repo/repo.go
--- a/appview/repo/repo.go
+++ b/appview/repo/repo.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/api/tangled"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/commitverify"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@
 		log.Println("failed to get email to did map", err)
 	}
 
-	vc, err := verifiedObjectCommits(rp, emailToDidMap, commitsTrunc)
+	vc, err := commitverify.GetVerifiedObjectCommits(rp.db, emailToDidMap, commitsTrunc)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 	}
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@
 		log.Println("failed to fetch email to did mapping", err)
 	}
 
-	vc, err := verifiedObjectCommits(rp, emailToDidMap, repolog.Commits)
+	vc, err := commitverify.GetVerifiedObjectCommits(rp.db, emailToDidMap, repolog.Commits)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 	}
@@ -466,7 +467,7 @@
 		log.Println("failed to get email to did mapping:", err)
 	}
 
-	vc, err := verifiedCommits(rp, emailToDidMap, []types.NiceDiff{*result.Diff})
+	vc, err := commitverify.GetVerifiedCommits(rp.db, emailToDidMap, []types.NiceDiff{*result.Diff})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println(err)
 	}
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@
 		RepoInfo:           f.RepoInfo(user),
 		RepoCommitResponse: result,
 		EmailToDidOrHandle: emailToDidOrHandle(rp, emailToDidMap),
-		Verified:           vc[result.Diff.Commit.This],
+		VerifiedCommit:     vc,
 	})
 	return
 }
diff --git a/appview/pages/templates/repo/commit.html b/appview/pages/templates/repo/commit.html
--- a/appview/pages/templates/repo/commit.html
+++ b/appview/pages/templates/repo/commit.html
@@ -46,13 +46,26 @@
           {{ end }}
       </p>
 
-      {{ if .Verified }}
-      <span class="text-sm bg-green-100 text-green-800 dark:bg-green-900 dark:text-green-200 px-2 py-1 rounded">
-          <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
-          {{ i "shield-check" "w-4 h-4" }}
-          verified
+      {{ if .VerifiedCommit.IsVerified $commit.This }}
+      <div class="group relative inline-block text-sm">
+          <div class="bg-green-100 text-green-800 dark:bg-green-900 dark:text-green-200 px-2 py-1 rounded cursor-pointer">
+              <div class="flex items-center gap-2">
+                  {{ i "shield-check" "w-4 h-4" }}
+                  verified
+              </div>
           </div>
-      </span>
+          <div class="absolute z-[9999] hidden group-hover:block bg-white dark:bg-gray-900 text-sm text-black dark:text-white rounded-md shadow-md p-4 w-80 top-full mt-2">
+              <div class="mb-1">This commit was signed with the committer's <span class="text-green-600 font-semibold">known signature</span>.</div>
+              <div class="flex items-center gap-2 my-2">
+                  {{ i "user" "w-4 h-4" }}
+                  <a href="/{{ $didOrHandle }}">{{ $didOrHandle }}</a>
+              </div>
+              <div class="my-1 pt-2 text-xs border-t">
+                  <div class="text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-300">SSH Key Fingerprint:</div>
+                  <div class="break-all">{{ .VerifiedCommit.Fingerprint $commit.This }}</div>
+              </div>
+          </div>
+      </div>
       {{ end }}
   </div>
 
@@ -61,5 +74,7 @@
 {{end}}
 
 {{ define "repoAfter" }}
+<div class="-z-[9999]">
 {{ template "repo/fragments/diff" (list .RepoInfo.FullName .Diff) }}
+</div>
 {{end}}
diff --git a/appview/pages/templates/repo/index.html b/appview/pages/templates/repo/index.html
--- a/appview/pages/templates/repo/index.html
+++ b/appview/pages/templates/repo/index.html
@@ -223,8 +223,7 @@
       </div>
 
       <div class="text-xs mt-2 text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 flex items-center">
-          {{ $verified := false }}
-          {{ $verified = index $.VerifiedCommits .Hash.String }}
+          {{ $verified := $.VerifiedCommits.IsVerified .Hash.String }}
           {{ $hashStyle := "text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-900" }}
           {{ if $verified }}
               {{ $hashStyle = "bg-green-100 text-green-800 dark:bg-green-900 dark:text-green-200 px-2 rounded" }}
diff --git a/appview/pages/templates/repo/log.html b/appview/pages/templates/repo/log.html
--- a/appview/pages/templates/repo/log.html
+++ b/appview/pages/templates/repo/log.html
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 {{ define "extrameta" }}
     {{ $title := printf "commits &middot; %s" .RepoInfo.FullName }}
     {{ $url := printf "https://tangled.sh/%s/commits" .RepoInfo.FullName }}
-    
+
     {{ template "repo/fragments/og" (dict "RepoInfo" .RepoInfo "Title" $title "Url" $url) }}
 {{ end }}
 
 {{ define "repoContent" }}
 <section id="commit-table" class="overflow-x-auto">
     <h2 class="font-bold text-sm mb-4 uppercase dark:text-white">
-       commits 
+       commits
     </h2>
 
     <!-- desktop view (hidden on small screens) -->
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
                         {{ end }}
                     </td>
                     <td class="py-3 align-top font-mono flex items-center">
-                        {{ $verified := false }}
-                        {{ $verified = index $.VerifiedCommits $commit.Hash.String }}
+                        {{ $verified := $.VerifiedCommits.IsVerified $commit.Hash.String }}
                         {{ $hashStyle := "text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-900" }}
                         {{ if $verified }}
                             {{ $hashStyle = "bg-green-100 text-green-800 dark:bg-green-900 dark:text-green-200 px-2 rounded" }}
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@
                             {{ end }}
                         </a>
                         <div class="{{ if not $verified }} ml-6 {{ end }}inline-flex">
-                            <button class="p-1 mx-1 hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-700 rounded" 
+                            <button class="p-1 mx-1 hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-700 rounded"
                                 title="Copy SHA"
                                 onclick="navigator.clipboard.writeText('{{ $commit.Hash.String }}'); this.innerHTML=`{{ i "copy-check" "w-4 h-4" }}`; setTimeout(() => this.innerHTML=`{{ i "copy" "w-4 h-4" }}`, 1500)">
                                     {{ i "copy" "w-4 h-4" }}
@@ -63,11 +62,11 @@
                       <div>
                           <div class="flex items-center justify-start">
                               <a href="/{{ $.RepoInfo.FullName }}/commit/{{ $commit.Hash.String }}" class="dark:text-white no-underline hover:underline">{{ index $messageParts 0 }}</a>
-                              {{ if gt (len $messageParts) 1 }} 
+                              {{ if gt (len $messageParts) 1 }}
                               <button class="ml-2 py-1/2 px-1 bg-gray-200 hover:bg-gray-400 dark:bg-gray-700 dark:hover:bg-gray-600 rounded" hx-on:click="this.parentElement.nextElementSibling.classList.toggle('hidden')">{{ i "ellipsis" "w-3 h-3" }}</button>
                               {{ end }}
 
-                              
+
                               {{ if index $.TagMap $commit.Hash.String }}
                                 {{ range $tag := index $.TagMap $commit.Hash.String }}
                                   <span class="ml-2 text-xs rounded bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-700 text-black dark:text-white font-mono px-2 inline-flex items-center">
@@ -75,9 +74,9 @@
                                   </span>
                                 {{ end }}
                               {{ end }}
-                  
+
                           </div>
-                          
+
                           {{ if gt (len $messageParts) 1 }}
                           <p class="hidden mt-1 text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400">{{ nl2br (index $messageParts 1) }}</p>
                           {{ end }}
@@ -99,12 +98,12 @@
                             <div class="flex items-center justify-between">
                                 <div class="flex-1">
                                     <div class="inline">
-                                        <a href="/{{ $.RepoInfo.FullName }}/commit/{{ $commit.Hash.String }}" 
+                                        <a href="/{{ $.RepoInfo.FullName }}/commit/{{ $commit.Hash.String }}"
                                            class="inline no-underline hover:underline dark:text-white">
                                            {{ index $messageParts 0 }}
                                         </a>
                                         {{ if gt (len $messageParts) 1 }}
-                                            <button 
+                                            <button
                                                 class="py-1/2 px-1 bg-gray-200 hover:bg-gray-400 rounded dark:bg-gray-700 dark:hover:bg-gray-600 ml-2"
                                                 hx-on:click="this.parentElement.nextElementSibling.classList.toggle('hidden')">
                                                 {{ i "ellipsis" "w-3 h-3" }}
@@ -126,8 +125,8 @@
                                         </p>
                                     {{ end }}
                                 </div>
-                                <a href="/{{ $.RepoInfo.FullName }}/tree/{{ $commit.Hash.String }}" 
-                                   class="p-1 mr-1 hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-700 rounded" 
+                                <a href="/{{ $.RepoInfo.FullName }}/tree/{{ $commit.Hash.String }}"
+                                   class="p-1 mr-1 hover:bg-gray-100 dark:hover:bg-gray-700 rounded"
                                    title="Browse repository at this commit">
                                     {{ i "folder-code" "w-4 h-4" }}
                                 </a>
@@ -137,8 +136,7 @@
                 </div>
 
                 <div class="text-xs mt-2 text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 flex items-center">
-                    {{ $verified := false }}
-                    {{ $verified = index $.VerifiedCommits $commit.Hash.String }}
+                    {{ $verified := $.VerifiedCommits.IsVerified $commit.Hash.String }}
                     {{ $hashStyle := "text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300 bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-900" }}
                     {{ if $verified }}
                         {{ $hashStyle = "bg-green-100 text-green-800 dark:bg-green-900 dark:text-green-200 px-2 rounded" }}