Secret Key
Let your family unlock your passwords if you can't
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Open-source, self-hosted emergency access for your password database. Split the master password into pieces for people you trust (e.g. any 3 of 5 unlock it). Access needs SMS verification and a 48-hour delay you can cancel with one click.
PH · launched Oct 31, 2026 · 101 upvotes (top 1%) · 1 view
Niche: password management tools · 92 launches, 18 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Open Source
- Privacy
- GitHub
- Security
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More like this: all 92 launches in password management tools →
Could you build this?
Partial The core is a Shamir secret-sharing vault with SMS verification and a cancellable time delay, which is buildable with existing libraries. However, a password-recovery system is security-critical, so getting the cryptography and threat model right needs an expert review that vibe coding alone won't supply.
What it would actually take: Use an established Shamir secret-sharing library and a vetted encryption scheme for the password database, with a server for delayed release and SMS verification through a provider such as Twilio. The hard part is the security design: key handling, abuse resistance, and recovery edge cases. That requires a cryptography-literate reviewer or audit before anyone trusts it with real passwords.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 262 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #2 of 263 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 351 days after the earliest competitor.
- MeOS · ph · 2026-10-27 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Hush · ph · 2026-09-30 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Seal · hn · 2026-09-19 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Seal · ph · 2026-10-21 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- MyPWD Database · ph · 2026-11-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Self Vault · ph · 2026-11-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Home Secured · ph · 2026-09-30 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Pwned Password Check · ph · 2026-11-14 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
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