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TUI Password Manager and OTP Authenticator for Unix
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HN · launched Aug 8, 2026 · 7 upvotes (top 59%) · 0 views
Niche: password management tools · 92 launches, 18 in the last 7 days · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Security
- Dev tools
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 92 launches in password management tools →
Could you build this?
Yes A terminal UI password and OTP manager can be built easily using standard TUI libraries (like bubbletea or ratatui) with existing crypto and TOTP crates/packages.
Discussion
3 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Poor naming choice - VD acronym has negative connotations (venereal disease), Name lacks clarity
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 418 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #245 of 419 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 275 days after the earliest competitor.
- OmnySSH · hn · 2026-06-13 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- Arken · hn · 2026-10-30 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Selvum · hn · 2026-08-17 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- password-security-lab · github · 2026-10-01 · 9 upvotes · similarity 0.51
- ssh-key-manager · github · 2026-11-02 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- LogonStealer · github · 2026-10-12 · 70 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- one-password-manager · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- SignDrop · github · 2026-11-10 · 383 upvotes · similarity 0.49
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