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Bramble

Personal password vault, no account

WHO USES ITPeople wary of cloud vaults · KeePass users · Self-hosters

Install to use

Password manager with no account: devices sync peer-to-peer; extension, desktop, mobile

★ 387▲ 153 HN

387 stars · checked on GitHub GitHub check 30 h late · no 7-day star increase observed (GH Archive) (as of ) · 153 Show HN points observed

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Bramble extension's Personal Vault list: 1,100 items with filters and search, showing GitHub and 1Password Business entries
Bramble extension's Personal Vault list: 1,100 items with filters and search, showing GitHub and 1Password Business entries
Bramble extension's Personal Vault list: 1,100 items with filters and search, showing GitHub and 1Password Business entries
Bramble extension's Personal Vault list: 1,100 items with filters and search, showing GitHub and 1Password Business entries

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A password manager that says up front there is no forgot-password button; the recovery code and a second synced device are the safety net.

INSTALL

AT A GLANCE

LICENSE
GPL-3.0
USAGE
Use freely. Release your source if you redistribute (copyleft).
LANGUAGE
TypeScript
PLATFORM
web · macos · linux · ios · android
ACTIVITY
last commit 4 days ago () · latest release 1.28.0-chromium () · 111 releases
COMMUNITY
4 contributors · 19 open issues (incl. PRs) · made by: an individual
SOURCES
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A summary, not legal advice.

WHY IT MATTERS

Cloud password managers keep everyone's vault on one server; Bramble keeps the vault on your own devices and syncs it directly between them, peer-to-peer and end-to-end encrypted. A single Rust core does all cryptography, compiled to WebAssembly in the browser and to a native library on iOS and Android, using Argon2id and AES-256-GCM. Passkeys are stored as ordinary vault entries, so they sync along with everything else.

BUILD FROM THIS

  • You can point it at an S3-compatible bucket or your own WebDAV server for scheduled ciphertext-only backups, or import a KeePass KDBX4 database and get browser and mobile autofill on top. Modified redistributions must stay GPL-3.0.

WHO IT'S FOR

People wary of cloud vaults
keep the vault on your devices and sync peer-to-peer
KeePass users
import KDBX4 and gain browser and mobile autofill
Self-hosters
scheduled encrypted backups to S3-compatible or WebDAV storage

START IN 5 MINUTES

# # Browser: install Bramble from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons
# brew install --cask bramble   # macOS desktop app (Linux: APT repository, AppImage, .deb/.rpm or Nix flake)
# # iOS: App Store / Android: APK from GitHub Releases
# # Store the recovery code shown at vault setup somewhere offline

CAVEATS

  • Licence GPL-3.0. Free, no account, subscription or telemetry (donations only).
  • The Windows desktop app is unreleased pending code signing (the extension works on Windows). The desktop app lacks Touch ID, passkeys, KeePass export, auto-type into native apps and an SSH agent for now.
  • Lose the password, security key and recovery code and the vault is gone. Latest desktop release 0.8.0 as of 2026-09-15; 383 stars.

RECEIPT

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