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24 alternatives to Vicarious - 01: Encrypted Grandmothers

Examining the design decisions of Bungie's Destiny.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Vicarious - 01: Encrypted Grandmothers launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1MO
   Mashape open-sources Guardian to solve your OAuth headaches▲25

   2014 · guardianjs.com · its alternatives →

2. 2CA
   Cryptris, a video game on cryptography▲48

   2014 · cseweb.ucsd.edu · its alternatives →

3. 3KA
   Kryptonite – a new home for your SSH private key▲338

   2017 · krypt.co · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Guardian Radio▲53

   We are a podcast dedicated to Bungie's game Destiny.

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5RV
   Rqlite v4.0 – With node-to-node encryption▲101

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Rogue Legacy▲92

   An amazing genealogical Roguelike!

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7DC
   Destiny-Client – A Simple Client to Bungie's Destiny API▲5

   2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8LA
   Lego – A Let's Encrypt Library and CLI in Go▲93

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Roguelands▲66

   A pixelated multiplayer RPG

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    DarkScape▲62

    Open PvP and cutthroat trade - A world of chaos

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11FO
    Faceless – Open-source version of Secret▲91

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hunt the Truth — S1E1: A hairline fracture▲88

    The intro to Microsoft's "Serial"-style Halo podcast

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    SimpleRockets▲54

    A sandbox space experience 🚀

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Oort Online▲65

    A voxel MMORPG sandbox

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    0RBITALIS▲60

    An abstract gravitational puzzler

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16AN
    a Node.js personal cloud you can hack, host and delete▲65

    2013 · cozy.io · its alternatives →

17. 17TB
    Terminal-based group chat with end-to-end encryption▲60

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18ET
    End-to-End Encrypted Cloud Storage. All Open Source▲42

    2014 · disk42.com · its alternatives →

19. 19VA
    VaultOne, a password and access management for companies. Thoughts?▲10

    2018 · vaultone.com · its alternatives →

20. 20VA
    Vaulted – a tool for managing encrypted environments full of secrets▲13

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21SE
    Secure end-to-end client sessions and API calls using crypto key pairs▲9

    Hello. I made this project as an experiment in using key cryptography for user identity in a client server model, and for some future peer to peer projects that I am working on. I am looking for feedback, please let me know what you think. Also, Merry Christmas to HN! :-)

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22CS
    Cryptomove – security via data concealment, last-line data defense▲31

    2015 · cryptomove.com · its alternatives →

23. 23JA
    Janeway – A more mouse-driven, curses-based Node.js console▲25

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Tresorit▲20

    Encrypted cloud storage and sharing

    2014 · its alternatives →

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