Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Stasher – Burn-after-read secrets from the CLI, no server, no trust
Stasher is a tiny CLI tool that lets you share encrypted secrets that burn after reading — no accounts, no logins, no servers to trust. I built it because I just wanted to share a password. Not spin up infra. Not register for some "secure" web app. Not trust Slack threads. Just send a secret. Secrets are encrypted client-side with AES-256-GCM. You get a `uuid:key` token to share. Once someone reads it, it's gone. If they don't read it in 10 minutes, it expires and deleted. Everything is verifiable. Every release is signed, SLSA-attested, SBOM-included, and logged in the Rekor transparency…
Stasher is a command-line tool for sharing encrypted secrets that self-destruct after being read. Secrets are encrypted client-side using AES-256-GCM, and recipients receive a token to access them. Messages expire and… 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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Burner Note▲222In 2021 after getting thoroughly sick of Privnote, i built "Burner Note". Even though i didn't promote it in anyway other than a post here and a post on reddit, it ended up getting about 7000(ish) unique users per month. I kinda let it die about 18 months ago but i've resurrected it with some big upgrades. Most botable the app is now truly end to end encrypted (previously was just server side), and I've added dark mode as well as a few other bells and whistles. Feedback welcomed.
Jan 2026 · burnernote.com · its alternatives →
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Burner▲206I'm Cameron, one of the founders at Arx Research. Last year we launched Burner, an easy to use and low cost NFC-based hardware wallet that supports Ethereum and Bitcoin. This week we're announcing Burner Terminal, a point of sale device designed for native tap to pay stablecoin payments. While there are a number of projects that have allowed for cryptocurrency and stablecoin payments via QR code over the years, we believe that in most developed markets the user experience of contactless cards has won for retail payments. We saw some early interest in using Burner for tap payments, however,…
2024 · burner.pro · its alternatives →
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Retriever (https://retriever.corgea.io/), an open-source research project to help users receive secrets and sensitive information without needing a server in the middle. It works by using Public-key cryptography to coordinate the message sharing between the two devices. Read more on why we built it here: https://retriever.corgea.io/why.html
2024 · retriever.corgea.io · its alternatives →
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Securely share sensitive files
2022 · comply.strac.io · its alternatives →
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2014 · trystash.com · its alternatives →
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saltify.io▲164A simple, secure and free to use tool for sharing secrets
2017 · saltify.io · its alternatives →
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2019 · fluidkeys.com · its alternatives →
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🔐 Share end-to-end encrypted secrets with others via a one-time URL - sniptt-official/ots
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Finally open sourced an internal tool we've been using for managing secrets. It's similar to SOPS, but more opinionated, easier to configure/use correctly, and produces nicer git diffs. It also supports one-way encryption, so you don't have to know the private key to add secrets.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Contribute to fmeringdal/covert development by creating an account on GitHub.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Secure storage for cryptographic secrets, modeled after sudo - rongarret/scache
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built Stash because I was tired of the usual tradeoff in file sharing: either force recipients to create accounts or give up on privacy. How it works 1. Upload from the iOS, iPad or Mac app 2. Get a shareable link 3. Recipients download in the browser, no app, no account, nothing to install Encryption model Files are encrypted on device using AES 256 GCM before upload. The encryption key lives only in the URL fragment (after #), which browsers never send to servers. Even if the link is intercepted in transit, the file cannot be decrypted without the fragment. The server never sees…
Jan 2026 · stash-app.xyz · its alternatives →
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2018 · revealer.cc · its alternatives →
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🔐 Share end-to-end encrypted secrets with others via a one-time URL - sniptt-official/ots
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I built hidetext.sh — a way to share text, code, and files through links the server can't read. How it works: your browser generates a random key and encrypts everything locally (NaCl secretbox, XSalsa20-Poly1305). Only ciphertext is uploaded. The key goes into the URL fragment — the part after # — which browsers never send to servers. The link carries the key, my server stores the locked box, and the two only meet in a browser. A design detail I'm fairly happy with: burn-after-read doesn't destroy the paste on the first HTTP request. The naive version means a Slack or iMessage link…
Jul 2026 · hidetext.sh · its alternatives →
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AxKeyStore▲31Hi 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 →
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Jun 2026 · droplock.apitman.com · its alternatives →
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