CLUSTER DESKTOP-LOCAL-STORES · 13 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2026-08-30
Windows local encrypted vault apps
This cluster is made up of Windows desktop tools that store passwords, keys, secrets, notes, and similar data in a local encrypted vault protected by a master password, with one product also offering a CLI. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from: only 2 dated entries exist before the index start, so it predates the index or its members are undated. On traction, terminal-graveyard leads with 8 stars, followed by seorap with 6 stars and ZELVORYN with 4 stars.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 1 ai-built · 4 hand-coded · 8 unlabelled
Operator · 8 hobby · 2 indie · 1 open source · 2 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 13 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01seorap6★26 dayslivehobbyWindows tray app that stores screenshots, snippets, links, files, notes, and passwords locally in an encrypted vault.
- 02ZELVORYN4★2 days—hobbyDesktop app that stores notes, tasks, projects, and passwords in a local encrypted vault protected by a master password.
- 03terminal-graveyard8★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyDesktop app that turns raw shell command history into a searchable, taggable, project-aware, annotated vault.
- 04ai-vault1★10 days—hand-codedhobbyLocal-first encrypted desktop app that stores AI API keys in a single encrypted file and tracks which project uses which key, balances, and spend.
- 05Tessera1★4 daysliveindieWindows application that keeps files, passwords, clipboard history, and notes in an encrypted vault and includes system cleanup tools.
- 06appvault0★17 days—Desktop security vault for managing multi-chain crypto keys, recovering seed phrases, and sweeping balances locally with no cloud telemetry.
- 07lokey0★25 days—hand-codedhobbyLocal-only encrypted vault for Windows that stores passwords, keys, and backup codes, usable via desktop app and CLI.
- 08ferrule0★21 days—hobbyLocal encrypted vault that stores LLM API keys and routes requests to local or cloud models through one unified endpoint.
- 09codex-vault0★1 mo—hand-codedhobbyWindows vault app that securely stores API keys and passwords in Credential Manager with Windows Hello protection and a CLI.
- 10ENV-Vault0★1 moliveDesktop app that stores and encrypts environment variables and project secrets in a local vault for Windows.
- 11pasterabbit0★1 moliveindieDesktop application for Windows that expands text shortcuts and manages code snippets, storing entries locally with encrypted storage.
- 12PasteVault1★3 mo—ai-builthobbyEncrypted desktop vault that collects pasted notes, files, and secrets, extracts and classifies content, and searches it later.
- 13Vaults0★1 moliveopen sourceDesktop application that creates encrypted vaults using gocryptfs and CryFS to securely store and protect sensitive files locally.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.