[Question] mkcert vs Lets Encrypt

[scheung38]

Are these two essentially providing the same type of TLS service?

If not could someone point out the main differences.

[rfay]

mkcert and Let's Encrypt are completely unrelated.

Let's Encrypt provides real trusted certs. It can only be used on an internet-connected machine.

mkcert creates certs for testing locally, for development and similar purposes. They are untrusted unless you install the mkcert CA on the client.