Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to PGP Tools, PGP made convenient

PGP is great, but it's annoying to use, until now. PGP tools is opensource, has great UX and 0 requested permissions, fewer than every other PGP extension. It uses passkeys as the primary flow (but you can use passwords) to fully E2EE your secrets. You can choose the synced storage (syncs between devices and touches google's servers) or you can just keep everything local. Contacts and keys are encrypted so nothing potentially sensitive can be leaked without your key. There are no calls to external services like analytics or any of my own servers. The Crypto side of this is based off of…

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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   GpgFrontend▲87

   Take the initiative to protect privacy in your own hands

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2PC
   PubKey – Communicate Privately in Anonymous Public Spaces▲131

   A little while back I remember seeing a user on a certain anonymous imageboard asking for an invite to a selective email host. Only after a few minutes did the guy realize the perplexity of the situation. How do you insure against a race condition in a public forum with no way to direct message? Luckily, he nabbed the invite code, but it got me thinking about using PGP to provide a solution. This is meant to be a rough PoC and the UX is definitely not ready for the average Joe, but the functionality I'd like to think is there. What catbox.moe is to dropbox is what I'd like this to eventually…

   2022 · pubkey.pm · its alternatives →

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   Uppward Chrome Extension▲109

   Protect yourself from crypto scams and frauds

   2018 · uppward.sentinelprotocol.io · its alternatives →

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   Private Forms: PGP-Encrypted Webforms for Privacy-Conscious Receipients▲60

   2015 · privateforms.com · its alternatives →

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   Bramble – Local-first password manager▲153

   I'm currently working on Bramble, an open source password manager with P2P cross-device sync. Initially I released the Chrome extension, but recently I also published the Android app and iOS is pending Apple's approval. Besides that, the latest version also includes passkey storage for all platforms! About Bramble: It aims to be as feature-rich as all popular and a replacement for cloud-based providers. I don't think we need to store our data in the cloud and be at the whims of companies raising their prices every year. There's always a breach and then we find out that some fields aren't…

   Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   1Password Developer Tools▲105

   Develop faster, eliminate complexity, protect your secrets

   2022 · 1password.com · its alternatives →

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   SecretCrypt – Keeping secrets in plain sight▲75

   2016 · zemanta.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Manage passwords with GPG▲93

   Manage secrets with Bash and GnuPG symmetric encryption - drduh/pwd.sh

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   aliceandbob.io▲69

   A free, light and easy to use client-side PGP tool 🔐

   2020 · aliceandbob.io · its alternatives →

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    PGP Manager▲4

    A modern, cross-platform desktop UI that makes PGP simple — manage keys, encrypt, sign, and verify, all offline and under your control. - developaaah/pgp-manager

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    PGP Tool▲6

    PGP, OpenPGP, Files Encryption/Decryption

    2018 · pgptool.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Creds – manage API keys with GPG on the command line▲42

    [DEPRECATED] Simple local encrypted credential management with GPG 🔐 - joemiller/creds

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SecretDrop▲8

    Hey everyone, English is not my native language. This post was polished with AI, but the content is mine. I run a small dev agency in Germany. Every week someone shares database credentials, API keys, or a .env file via Slack or email. Not because they don’t care: because there’s no frictionless alternative. Vault setups are heavy. Enterprise tools are expensive. I just needed: upload → share link → done. But encrypted before leaving the browser. So I built SecretDrop.dev. What it does Files encrypted client-side (AES-256-GCM, PBKDF2 600k iterations) Built entirely on WebCrypto No…

    Feb 2026 · secretdrop.dev · its alternatives →

14. 14SH
    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 →

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    Fluidkeys 1.0: simplify and automate PGP for your team▲16

    2019 · fluidkeys.com · its alternatives →

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    Fluidkeys▲8

    Fluidkeys gives your team PGP encryption superpowers

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Easy Passwords – comfortable password generator for your browser▲7

    Works with KeePass databases via PfP Native Host application. Can be used in parallel with KeePass, KeePassXC or similar tools. The extension keeps no data, all data stays in the KeePass database file on your hard drive. Only becomes active on explicit request, no attack surface towards web pages. P

    2016 · palant.de · its alternatives →

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    I created an off-the-grid password manager that you can save to a file▲48

    Free password manager that you can keep for yourself in a single HTML file. Client side AES encryption, trust no one policy, off the grid password manager. Take full control of your data online or offline.

    2021 · passpilot.com · its alternatives →

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    Flipp▲52

    Private PDF Tools That Never Upload Your Files

    Jun 2026 · unfollowaman.tech · its alternatives →

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    AxKeyStore▲31

    Hi HN, I built AxKeyStore, an open-source CLI tool for managing secrets that uses your own private GitHub repository as encrypted storage. The idea is simple: → All encryption happens locally. → Secrets are stored as encrypted blobs in your private repo. → GitHub is treated as untrusted storage. → No plaintext secrets ever leave your machine. → No plaintext secrets are stored on disk. Most secret managers either require a hosted backend, a self-hosted server, or trusting a SaaS provider. I wanted something that: → Requires zero infrastructure → Uses tooling developers already have → Keeps…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21ES
    Exploiting Slack's video embeds to achieve E2EE communication▲31

    Using Slack video blocks to share PGP encrypted messages inside the Slack client

    Jun 2026 · v1c.rocks · its alternatives →

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    Secs-man, a secrets manager you can (not) rely on▲31

    This is a tool to manage encrypted local backups of secrets. The core idea is that it aims to be usable without depending on it, meaning that even if the software disappeared from the face of Earth tomorrow, your data would still be recoverable. It also integrates nicely with NixOS (which is what I use, though it does not require NixOS to be used). I have summed up a bit of explanation and some answers to reasonable questions in a blog post: https://baldino.dev/blog/secs-man/

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23GC
    gpgsend.com - encrypted emails from your browser.▲26

    2011 · gpgsend.com · its alternatives →

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    GPG Sync▲29

    :lock: GPG Sync is designed to let users always have up-to-date public keys for other members of their organization - firstlookmedia/gpgsync

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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