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password manager

SHOW HN2026

153points
50comments
#425of 4,366 in 2026
Top 10%of 2026 by points

How HN took it

CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments

6 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.

Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Local-first approach is appealing

    From 3 comments
    • Really clean concept. Keeping everything entirely on-disk instead of relying on a third-party cloud is something I've been wanting to see more of.
      mune2gu-chan on HN
    • Awesome stuff mate!! gonna try it.. The king feature is that it is local first I have also built a local first tool to manage big codebase and visualize it using AST and not…
      yr_animesh on HN
    • We will never have enough local opensource password manager so keep it up
      lapiece_ on HN
  • P2P sync over a private Nostr relay is a clever approach

    From 2 comments
    • This looks like something I've been looking for! Excited to give it a try! I don't even use a package manager because of the things you've seemed to work around here. It's been…
      catapart on HN
    • This is really awesome. I've long wanted something like this, especially the local first with p2p sync. Why did you choose nostr over direct p2p with iroh which has dumb relay as…
      ind-igo on HN

Objections

  • Autofill and credit card form support unproven versus 1Password

    From 2 comments
    • How's support for credit card form entries? That's the one thing that makes me miss 1Password as a current keepass user and will make me move over.
      jdkaiwei on HN
    • How does it handle browser autofill. What if you have to fill in a box that has a non-standard label? These are things I rely on with 1Password.
      commandersaki on HN
  • Data loss risk from last-writer-wins sync and no merge conflict handling

    From 2 comments
    • Last writer wins may be sufficient for some folks but for me, any potential data loss in an app like this is a deal breaker. I hope you'll consider some kind of merge conflict…
      jjnoakes on HN
    • This deserves a bit more explanation (sorry, on the phone, can't look at the code in the next couple of days). So, if I change the password and update it on the phone, then add a…
      cicko on HN
  • No iOS release yet

    From 1 comment
  • Local-only storage loses the convenience of a central server and backups

    From 2 comments
    • It’s nice to always have more options but I don’t want it to be local, I lose the centralized system and having multiple devices syncing the pass database, or a turned off…
      tamimio on HN
    • Is there a recovery path, like an encrypted export or recovery file; say phone stolen, laptop dies, etc.., or is the vault only as durable as my most reliable device?
      ngsevers on HN

Requests

  • Recovery and backup path for lost devices

    From 2 comments
    • I think you are going to run into a lot of anxiety about data loss. I did find the recovery code and peer to peer sync notes, which help. Most people are not going to think…
      Aaron_NW on HN
    • Is there a recovery path, like an encrypted export or recovery file; say phone stolen, laptop dies, etc.., or is the vault only as durable as my most reliable device?
      ngsevers on HN
  • Screenshots

    From 1 comment
  • Merge conflict surfacing

    From 1 comment
    • Last writer wins may be sufficient for some folks but for me, any potential data loss in an app like this is a deal breaker. I hope you'll consider some kind of merge conflict…
      jjnoakes on HN

Questions

  • How does it compare to KeePass and Vaultwarden

    From 2 comments
    • What does this offer over other local-first password managers? For example, there are a fair few Android/iOS apps based on KeePass (I currently use https://www.keepassdx.com on…
      ZenoArrow on HN
    • Congrats! How’s it compare vs self-hosted vaultwarden?
      shaunkoh on HN
  • How much of the code is vibe-coded

    From 1 comment
  • Why build a custom sync engine instead of existing libraries

    From 2 comments
    • You built your own sync engine? Why?
      keepupnow on HN
    • if you mean why I didn't choose a lib like automerge, yjs and instead handrolled it - that's because these libs are geared towards plaintext. Bramble's sync is built around its…
      MegagramEnjoyer on HN

Alternatives named

  • KeePass / KeePassXC / KeePassDX

    From 2 comments
    • What does this offer over other local-first password managers? For example, there are a fair few Android/iOS apps based on KeePass (I currently use https://www.keepassdx.com on…
      ZenoArrow on HN
    • i think this is a great Idea but it doesnt beat any of the other free password managers like keepass.. I support this Idea tho and ill check on it to see where youve gotten! i…
      HN-user2345 on HN
  • Vaultwarden

    From 1 comment
    • Congrats! How’s it compare vs self-hosted vaultwarden?
      shaunkoh on HN
  • 1Password

    From 1 comment
    • How's support for credit card form entries? That's the one thing that makes me miss 1Password as a current keepass user and will make me move over.
      jdkaiwei on HN
  • Bitwarden

    From 1 comment
    • The Keepass options for browser autofill are pretty rough, and don't work with flatpak installed apps either. Keepass also can't match URLs with Regex which is something I make…
      Saris on HN

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