DropLock
E2EE secret sharing web app with no backend
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HN · launched Jun 2, 2026 · 24 upvotes (top 23%) · 0 views
Niche: encryption and cryptography tools · 147 launches, 21 in the last 7 days ▲ +40% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 147 launches in encryption and cryptography tools →
Could you build this?
Yes It is a straightforward static web application utilizing standard browser Web Crypto APIs (like subtle.crypto for ECDH or RSA) to encrypt messages and encode keys/payloads into URL fragments.
Discussion
7 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: portable-secret (symmetric encryption alternative)
Concerns raised: Doesn't work in headless CI environments without persistent browser storage
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 804 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #157 of 805 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 215 days after the earliest competitor.
- SecretGate · hn · 2026-10-06 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- taillaunch · github · 2026-10-08 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Secryn · hn · 2026-02-28 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- witness-vault · github · 2026-10-01 · 26 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Wisp. A peer-to-peer encrypted messenger with no trusted server · hn · 2026-07-29 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Privacy focused client side password generator · hn · 2026-08-19 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- Poolnarc · hn · 2026-06-01 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- CipherTEA · ph · 2026-11-10 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
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