diff --git a/go.work.sum b/go.work.sum
index d023ff0b..d2d5110b 100644
--- a/go.work.sum
+++ b/go.work.sum
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ github.com/sahilm/fuzzy v0.1.1-0.20230530133925-c48e322e2a8f/go.mod h1:VFvziUEIM
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.2/go.mod h1:FRsXN1f5AsAjCGJKqEizvkpNtU+EGNCLh3NxZ/8L+MA=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.4.13/go.mod h1:6yULJ656Px+3vBD8DxQVa3kxgyrAnzto9xy5taEt/CY=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0/go.mod h1:R0j02AL6hcrfOiy9T4ZYp/rcWeMxM3L6QYxlOuEG1mg=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220909182711-5c715a9e8561/go.mod h1:cyybsKvd6eL0RnXn6p/Grxp8F5bW7iYuBgsNCOHpMYE=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.8.0/go.mod h1:iBbtSCu2XBx23ZKBPSOrRkjjQPZFPuis4dIYUhu/chs=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.13.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.17.0/go.mod h1:hTbmBsO62+eylJbnUtE2MGJUyE7QWk4xUqPFrRgJ+7c=
+golang.org/x/net v0.21.0/go.mod h1:bIjVDfnllIU7BJ2DNgfnXvpSvtn8VRwhlsaeUTyUS44=
 golang.org/x/net v0.25.0/go.mod h1:JkAGAh7GEvH74S6FOH42FLoXpXbE/aqXSrIQjXgsiwM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20240228155512-f48c80bd79b2/go.mod h1:TeRTkGYfJXct
 golang.org/x/term v0.16.0 h1:m+B6fahuftsE9qjo0VWp2FW0mB3MTJvR0BaMQrq0pmE=
 golang.org/x/term v0.16.0/go.mod h1:yn7UURbUtPyrVJPGPq404EukNFxcm/foM+bV/bfcDsY=
 golang.org/x/term v0.19.0/go.mod h1:2CuTdWZ7KHSQwUzKva0cbMg6q2DMI3Mmxp+gKJbskEk=
+golang.org/x/term v0.21.0/go.mod h1:ooXLefLobQVslOqselCNF4SxFAaoS6KujMbsGzSDmX0=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12 h1:VveCTK38A2rkS8ZqFY25HIDFscX5X9OoEhJd3quQmXU=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12/go.mod h1:hNGJHUnrk76NpqgfD5Aqm5Crs+Hm0VOH/i9J2+nxYbc=
diff --git a/sshkey/go.mod b/sshkey/go.mod
index f796eb6a..49703e5a 100644
--- a/sshkey/go.mod
+++ b/sshkey/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/charmbracelet/x/sshkey
 
-go 1.22.3
+go 1.18
 
 require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/huh v0.4.2
diff --git a/sshkey/go.sum b/sshkey/go.sum
index 57732c22..f523b19f 100644
--- a/sshkey/go.sum
+++ b/sshkey/go.sum
@@ -7,15 +7,16 @@ github.com/catppuccin/go v0.2.0/go.mod h1:8IHJuMGaUUjQM82qBrGNBv7LFq6JI3NnQCF6MO
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.18.0 h1:PYv1A036luoBGroX6VWjQIE9Syf2Wby2oOl/39KLfy0=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles v0.18.0/go.mod h1:08qhZhtIwzgrtBjAcJnij1t1H0ZRjwHyGsy6AL11PSw=
 github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.26.4 h1:2gDkkzLZaTjMl/dQBpNVtnvcCxsh/FCkimep7FC9c40=
+github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.26.4/go.mod h1:P+r+RRA5qtI1DOHNFn0otoNwB4rn+zNAzSj/EXz6xU0=
 github.com/charmbracelet/huh v0.4.2 h1:5wLkwrA58XDAfEZsJzNQlfJ+K8N9+wYwvR5FOM7jXFM=
 github.com/charmbracelet/huh v0.4.2/go.mod h1:g9OXBgtY3zRV4ahnVih9bZE+1yGYN+y2C9Q6L2P+WM0=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.11.0 h1:UoAcbQ6Qml8hDwSWs0Y1cB5TEQuZkDPH/ZqwWWYTG4g=
 github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.11.0/go.mod h1:1UdRTH9gYgpcdNN5oBtjbu/IzNKtzVtb7sqN1t9LNn8=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.1.2 h1:6+LR39uG8DE6zAmbu023YlqjJHkYXDF1z36ZwzO4xZY=
+github.com/charmbracelet/x/ansi v0.1.2/go.mod h1:dk73KoMTT5AX5BsX0KrqhsTqAnhZZoCBjs7dGWp4Ktw=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/strings v0.0.0-20240524151031-ff83003bf67a h1:lOpqe2UvPmlln41DGoii7wlSZ/q8qGIon5JJ8Biu46I=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/strings v0.0.0-20240524151031-ff83003bf67a/go.mod h1:pBhA0ybfXv6hDjQUZ7hk1lVxBiUbupdw5R31yPUViVQ=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/term v0.0.0-20240524151031-ff83003bf67a h1:k/s6UoOSVynWiw7PlclyGO2VdVs5ZLbMIHiGp4shFZE=
-github.com/charmbracelet/x/exp/term v0.0.0-20240524151031-ff83003bf67a/go.mod h1:YBotIGhfoWhHDlnUpJMkjebGV2pdGRCn1Y4/Nk/vVcU=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/input v0.1.1 h1:YDOJaTUKCqtGnq9PHzx3pkkl4pXDOANUHmhH3DqMtM4=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/input v0.1.1/go.mod h1:jvdTVUnNWj/RD6hjC4FsoB0SeZCJ2ZBkiuFP9zXvZI0=
 github.com/charmbracelet/x/term v0.1.1 h1:3cosVAiPOig+EV4X9U+3LDgtwwAoEzJjNdwbXDjF6yI=
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ github.com/xo/terminfo v0.0.0-20220910002029-abceb7e1c41e/go.mod h1:RbqR21r5mrJu
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0 h1:mnl8DM0o513X8fdIkmyFE/5hTYxbwYOjDS/+rK6qpRI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.24.0/go.mod h1:Z1PMYSOR5nyMcyAVAIQSKCDwalqy85Aqn1x3Ws4L5DM=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220909182711-5c715a9e8561 h1:MDc5xs78ZrZr3HMQugiXOAkSZtfTpbJLDr/lwfgO53E=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220909182711-5c715a9e8561/go.mod h1:cyybsKvd6eL0RnXn6p/Grxp8F5bW7iYuBgsNCOHpMYE=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210809222454-d867a43fc93e/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
@@ -56,6 +56,5 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0 h1:rF+pYz3DAGSQAxAu1CbC7catZg4ebC4UIeIhKxBZvws=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.21.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.21.0 h1:WVXCp+/EBEHOj53Rvu+7KiT/iElMrO8ACK16SMZ3jaA=
-golang.org/x/term v0.21.0/go.mod h1:ooXLefLobQVslOqselCNF4SxFAaoS6KujMbsGzSDmX0=
 golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 h1:a94ExnEXNtEwYLGJSIUxnWoxoRz/ZcCsV63ROupILh4=
 golang.org/x/text v0.16.0/go.mod h1:GhwF1Be+LQoKShO3cGOHzqOgRrGaYc9AvblQOmPVHnI=
diff --git a/sshkey/sshkey.go b/sshkey/sshkey.go
index d2e482d1..5799bf51 100644
--- a/sshkey/sshkey.go
+++ b/sshkey/sshkey.go
@@ -23,35 +23,47 @@ func Open(keyPath string) (ssh.Signer, error) {
 // The 'identifier' is used to identify the key to the user when asking for the
 // passphrase.
 func Parse(identifier string, pemBytes []byte) (ssh.Signer, error) {
-	signer, err := ssh.ParsePrivateKey(pemBytes)
-	if isPasswordError(err) {
-		return askPassAndParse(identifier, pemBytes)
-	}
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("sshkey: %w", err)
-	}
+	return doParse(identifier, pemBytes, ssh.ParsePrivateKey, ssh.ParsePrivateKeyWithPassphrase)
+}
 
-	return signer, nil
+// ParseRaw tries to parse the given PEM into a private key.
+// If the key is encrypted, it will ask for the passphrase.
+// The 'identifier' is used to identify the key to the user when asking for the
+// passphrase.
+func ParseRaw(identifier string, pemBytes []byte) (interface{}, error) {
+	return doParse(identifier, pemBytes, ssh.ParseRawPrivateKey, ssh.ParseRawPrivateKeyWithPassphrase)
 }
 
-func askPassAndParse(identifier string, pemBytes []byte) (ssh.Signer, error) {
-	pass, err := ask(identifier)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("sshkey: %w", err)
+func doParse[T any](
+	identifier string,
+	pemBytes []byte,
+	parse func(pemBytes []byte) (T, error),
+	parseWithPass func(pemBytes, passphrase []byte) (T, error),
+) (T, error) {
+	result, err := parse(pemBytes)
+	if isPassphraseMissing(err) {
+		passphrase, err := ask(identifier)
+		if err != nil {
+			return result, fmt.Errorf("sshkey: %w", err)
+		}
+		result, err := parseWithPass(pemBytes, passphrase)
+		if err != nil {
+			return result, fmt.Errorf("sshkey: %w", err)
+		}
+		return result, nil
 	}
-	signer, err := ssh.ParsePrivateKeyWithPassphrase(pemBytes, []byte(pass))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("sshkey: %w", err)
+		return result, fmt.Errorf("sshkey: %w", err)
 	}
-	return signer, nil
+	return result, nil
 }
 
-func isPasswordError(err error) bool {
+func isPassphraseMissing(err error) bool {
 	var kerr *ssh.PassphraseMissingError
 	return errors.As(err, &kerr)
 }
 
-func ask(path string) (string, error) {
+func ask(path string) ([]byte, error) {
 	var pass string
 	if err := huh.Run(
 		huh.NewInput().
@@ -60,7 +72,7 @@ func ask(path string) (string, error) {
 			Title(fmt.Sprintf("Enter the passphrase to unlock %q: ", path)).
 			EchoMode(huh.EchoModePassword),
 	); err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("sshkey: %w", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("sshkey: %w", err)
 	}
-	return pass, nil
+	return []byte(pass), nil
 }