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. Mana Security – personal vulnerability management tool for Mac launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Hacked - The Problem with Passwords▲65

   Human stories to explain complex security problems

   2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Hacked - Honeypots, Evil Twins, and the Perils of Open WIFI▲70

   An approachable look at security and its impact on us all

   2015 · hackedpodcast.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   KeePassX▲83

   A cross-platform app for secure personal data management

   2017 · keepassx.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Cracking Security Misconceptions▲70

   Untangling common myths about modern information security

   2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

5. 5SA
   Sqreen API, a security toolbox for developers▲8

   2017 · sqreen.io · its alternatives →

6. 6FF
   Fixbounty – Find security issues in open source projects▲8

   2021 · spatcher.io · its alternatives →

7. 7AS
   A simple vulnerability scanner usable without technical skill▲7

   2018 · security-guardian.com · its alternatives →

8. 8BC
   Bailiff – Codecademy of Web App Security▲9

   2015 · bailiff.io · its alternatives →

9. 9AC
   A container registry vulnerability scanner based around image layers▲6

   2021 · dso.atomist.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Control Plane▲8

    Context Sensitive Computing for MacOS

    2016 · controlplaneapp.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    disclose.io▲11

    Driving safety & standardization in vulnerability disclosure

    2018 · disclose.io · its alternatives →

12. 12UA
    Umbrella App – Digital and Physical Security Advice▲5

    2015 · secfirst.org · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Vault▲5

    A tool for managing secrets

    2015 · developer.hashicorp.com · its alternatives →

14. 14TS
    The Safeweb Engine (A new cybersecurity platform)▲5

    2016 · tucloud.com · its alternatives →

15. 15AA
    An automated security/performance checker for Laravel apps▲5

    2021 · laravel-enlightn.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    KeeNotes - a Privacy-First Personal Knowledgebase Tool▲8

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17AT
    Anti Theft IoT Project▲7

    2015 · brainfreez3.blogspot.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Metacert▲7

    Enterprise Security for Slack

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19AC
    A cross-platform toolkit to explore OS internals and capabilities▲7

    I built this toolkit with my colleague to dive deep into OS internals and automate the identification of privilege escalation vectors. Written in pure C without external dependencies, it explores everything from Linux capabilities and Docker escapes to Windows token manipulation and service permissions. We believe that the constant struggle between breaking and securing systems is the ultimate driver of software evolution. This tool is our contribution to that cycle, designed for researchers who want to understand how low-level misconfigurations can be discovered and audited across different…

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

20. 20CA
    Cheshire: a CryptoKitties developer sandbox▲7

    2018 · medium.com · its alternatives →

21. 21SS
    Securing Services with Pipy and OpenID Connect▲5

    2022 · medium.com · its alternatives →

22. 22BS
    Bunjil – Secure authentication tokens for zero-trust micro services▲6

    2017 · owenkelly.com.au · its alternatives →

23. 23CA
    Certera – A central validation server for Let's Encrypt certificates▲8

    2019 · docs.certera.io · its alternatives →

24. 24AE
    Algebraic — Effortless macOS file encryption, integrated with Finder.▲7

    2022 · algebraic.cc · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →