Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Made TextCrypt – Editor for encrypting textual information launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Passible (iOS)▲122

   Password management made simple

   2014 · passible.com · its alternatives →

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   Untitled▲184

   An encrypted text/plain editor

   2024 · binhua.org · its alternatives →

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   Crypto Notepad▲83

   Notepad with AES encryption.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   FreeUpMyMac▲110

   Hey HN Ex YC/Google engineer turned indie maker here - excited to share something I just shipped. The System Data in my Mac was taking up 300GB and it took me months to figure out how to clear the old cache, logs, junk and more. And CleanMyMac is a subscription - I refuse to pay subscription fees for Mac apps that run locally. So I built FreeUpMyMac an offline, lifetime Mac cleaner that clear junk with 1 click. And helps you visualize your storage with TreeMap/Sunburst. Hope it’s helpful to you as it is for me. Would love your feedback Tunde

   Jan 2026 · freeupmymac.com · its alternatives →

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   We built an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Notion▲7

   Hello HN, Over the last year we've been building snote.app, a Privacy focused, End-to-End Encrypted alternative to Notion. You can write, plan, collaborate and get organized - it allows you to take notes, store files, add tasks, manage projects & more. Whether you're working solo or in a team. We are hoping to use this post as an opportunity to collect feedback from fellow hackers. If there's anything we can do better, please let us know

   2023 · snote.app · its alternatives →

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   Let's Seal – Let's Encrypt for document signing, free and self-hosted▲94

   TLDR, Let's Seal gives the finger to Adobe and every doc signing tool (docusign, google, etc) who pay to play with the Adobe Approved Trust List and then charge you for something that should be free. Currently even the person checking if a document/contract is sealed or code is authentic has to also be inside the same Adobe walled garden too. Verification, the part that should be free is the part everyone charges for. Thats the shape Let's Encrypt fixed for TLS, and I wanted the same thing for documents and files. The core idea therefore needed to go a bit beyond e signatures and i…

   Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Let's Encrypt▲26

   A new Certificate Authority - free, automated, and open.

   2015 · letsencrypt.org · its alternatives →

8. 8SH
   Self-hosted and self-contained web app password manager written in Go▲40

   I have written a passwords/secrets manager for my personal needs. Maybe it solves some of your problems too. It is written in Go and is a self-contained executable for a small web-app: https://github.com/jarmo/secrets-web There is also a CLI version if that is your taste: https://github.com/jarmo/secrets-cli To read about more technical details, look into the core repository at https://github.com/jarmo/secrets Any questions/comments/suggestions are welcome in here or via GitHub pull requests.

   2020 · its alternatives →

9. 9AF
   A free private journaling app▲9

   https://github.com/inoda/private_journal Built this to use myself, and I'm curious if anybody would be interested in using it. I'm also wondering if anybody has tips to make it more secure (I'm super super new to encryption and whatnot). The security is probably a bit overkill since chances are that nobody cares about what I'm journaling, but it is fun to implement from a code standpoint.

   2019 · its alternatives →

10. 10PA
    PEP – an idea to help bring password managers to the masses▲46

    Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

    2015 · pastebin.com · its alternatives →

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    After 7685 commits, I built an offline-first, end-to-end encrypted PKM▲5

    Hey HN, A long time ago, due to the lack of viable solutions with E2EE and offline-first syncing, I decided to dedicate my time to making one (which has its own story: https://yaad.one/blog/yaad-story). In the course of ~3 years, I developed a knowledge management app with these primary features: - Primitives: Notes, Tasks, Contacts - Grouping with "Boxes" - Offline-first - Multiplatform; currently available for Android, Windows (x64), macOS, and Linux (ARM). - Fully end-to-end encrypted (AES-256-GCM) - 13 Languages, 8 calendar systems - Light & dark mode Last night, I…

    2024 · yaad.one · its alternatives →

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    BucksBuddy▲5

    I loved learning how to build end-to-end encryption. I thought you'd need to go through every record. I felt really silly when I learned how keys can be used. For context, I'd blown through half a million dollars over 4 years and had no idea where it went. So I'm trying to get a grip on it with this app. I can't use bank statements, because I'm using different electronic money institutions (EMI) and Lebanon barely supports paying by card. It took a while to get a UI I actually wanted to use... The part I'm still unsure about is adding old savings. Some find it intuitive but others find it…

    Jun 2026 · bucksbuddy.com · its alternatives →

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    MacPass▲6

    Open-source, KeePass-compatible password manager for macOS.

    2018 · macpass.app · its alternatives →

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    Encryptr▲7

    Free & Open Source Password Manager

    2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Encrypt Text Online▲14

    Free text encryption tool

    2024 · boilerplatehub.com · its alternatives →

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    Untitled▲4

    An encrypted text/plain editor on iPhone/iPad

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    I built an encrypted BLE dongle for pasting stuff to air-gapped devices▲5

    Definitely one of those "20 minute adventure gone wrong" projects where all I wanted initially was a quick wireless rubber ducky for bitlocker keys and the like and then I kept adding stuff like AES-256..... Currently working on adding WebAuthn/FIDO support because the hardware is already there and scope creep is a lifestyle at this point. Would love feedback, especially on the security side. Repo and PCB files are fully open source.

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18IB
    I built a service to make sense of all this password sharing▲5

    Hey HN: I'm Chino, the founder of Keyring (https://joinkeyring.com./), it's my first time posting here, nice to meet you all. Keyring lets users safely share subscriptions between household members. No passwords revealed (so that logins don't spread) and create a custom bundle of video, music, and news subscriptions between a group. We're the cable bundle for the digital generation. Previous to founding Keyring, I launched over 160 mobile apps, +50 of which hit the App Store's top charts and have advised two startups to exit, and have angel invested in a few startups, VinoVest…

    2020 · its alternatives →

19. 19EE
    E2E encrypted “multiplayer” text editor on the web in 6kb▲9

    2022 · picnic.lecaro.me · its alternatives →

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    Feeedy – A messenger-style note-taking app▲5

    Hey there HN! Happy to share a piece of my labor I've been working on for the past 6 months. The idea for the app came to me when I found out that taking notes in Telegram saved messages and private channels is pretty convenient, but it became a mess real quick. Imagine accidentally sending your to-do list to your boss? And there were no work-related stuff, haha So I decided to solve this pain point of mine by creating a little app, just as a side project. But then I lost my job due to a layoff, so I decided to triple down on my idea, polish it, and make it a SaaS in the hope of making it…

    2024 · feeedy.com · its alternatives →

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    Encryps▲7

    Encrypt unlimited bits.

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22EP
    Encrypted private bookmarks for incognito mode on Firefox and Chrome▲9

    I've had issues saving bookmarks on my computer since my girlfriend always uses it. I'm talking about engagement ring related bookmarks, birthday plans related bookmarks, etc. My buddy and I built an extension called Hush that allows you to save them behind a password of your choosing. They're encrypted using SHA-256/AES, and you can export/import them to your liking (in case someone accidentally uninstalls the extension). It only operates in private browsing for security reasons. Check it out and let us know what you think! Chrome link:…

    2013 · its alternatives →

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    Alpha Demo of NotePad.ai (open source)▲7

    Hi all, I threw together a small prototype I am calling “Notepad.ai”. A new take on UIs for interacting with LLMs. While I enjoy using LLM’s in the chat format I wanted to see what it would be like to do it in a more long form style. It let’s you write in a pretty free form, much like Window’s Notepad, but you can choose to hit ctrl+[ to analyze the text with a preset prompt of your choosing. It has a few other small features. It’s WIP and very experimental. I would appreciate any feedback or thoughts. Video: https://youtu.be/ntdlgFmSxQY Live Demo:…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24MP
    My project Se.cret.ly --one-use short links for secret resources▲5

    My first "real" web app! I appreciate any comments/suggestions.<p>Also I am available for hire. Contact me at www.sambolgert.com

    2012 · se.cret.ly · its alternatives →

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