Passwords

Passwords is an open-source desktop app that simplifies password management, offering a secure and user-friendly experience. Built with Tauri and Next.js.

Table of Contents

• Features

• Used Technologies

• How It Works

• Run Locally

• Contribution

• License

• Screenshots

• Download App

Features

• Access your encrypted password file through the user authentication page. Safeguard your passwords with an additional layer of security using user credentials.

• Seamlessly add, edit, and delete passwords within the app.

• Organize your passwords into different types for convenient categorization.

• Utilize pre-designed forms tailored for various password types, ensuring easy and consistent data entry.

• Calculate password strength in real-time, assisting you in creating robust and secure passwords.

• Generate strong and unique passwords based on user preferences and choices. Customize password criteria such as length, character types, and complexity.

• Enable internationalization with the integration of i18next. Reach a wider audience by providing localized language options, enhancing user experience.

• Built with Tauri and Next.js, Passwords combines the power of modern web development and desktop application creation. Leverage the advanced capabilities of Tauri for seamless cross-platform deployment.

• Store your passwords in an encrypted local file, ensuring the safety of your sensitive information. Utilize encryption powered by CryptoJS to maintain the confidentiality of your stored data.

• Enjoy a modern and user-friendly interface designed for efficiency and ease of use. Access various password types and features with a clean and organized layout.

Used Technologies

• Tauri: Empower your app with the capabilities of Tauri, enabling seamless cross-platform deployment and access to native APIs for enhanced user experience.

• Next.js: Harness the power of Next.js, leveraging its static site generation (SSG) capabilities to create a user interface.

• shadcn/ui: Enhance your app's visual and interactive elements with components from shadcn/ui. These beautifully designed components can be seamlessly integrated into your application, offering accessibility, customizability, and open-source goodness.

• CryptoJS: Utilize CryptoJS for strong encryption, ensuring that sensitive information such as passwords is securely stored within the app's encrypted local file.

• i18next: Implement internationalization with i18next, enabling users to experience the app in their preferred language, enhancing global accessibility.

• Lucide React: Enhance the visual appeal of your app with icons from Lucide React, adding a touch of aesthetic sophistication to the user interface.

• Tailwind CSS: Employ Tailwind CSS for efficient styling, enabling rapid development through its utility-first approach and streamlined design workflow.

• Tauri APIs: Access native functionalities seamlessly through Tauri APIs, providing your app with the potential to interact with the user's system.

How It Works

Passwords are stored locally in an encrypted file on the user's device using CryptoJS (AES encryption), ensuring that sensitive information remains confidential and secure.

Important: There is no "forgot password" option. If you lose your email/password credentials, you will not be able to decrypt your password file, and your stored data will be inaccessible. Please ensure you store your credentials safely.

Storage Mechanism

• Each user's passwords are saved in a unique file named after a SHA256 hash of their email and password combination.

• Files are saved in the system’s AppData directory (via Tauri’s BaseDirectory.AppData), which varies based on the operating system.

Encryption Flow

1. Authentication:

   • When a user logs in, their email and password are used to generate a hash-based file name.

   • If the file exists, it's read and decrypted using AES with the same email+password as the key.

   • If not, a new encrypted file is created with an empty password array.

2. Saving Passwords:

   • When passwords are added, edited, or deleted, the updated array is encrypted using AES and written back to the same file.

   • AES keys are never stored—encryption is dynamically tied to the email/password pair used during authentication.

3. Encryption Details:

   • AES-256 symmetric encryption via CryptoJS.

   • Keys are derived directly from the concatenation of email and password (e.g., email + password).

   • Password data is never sent or stored remotely.

Run Locally

To get a copy of Passwords up and running on your local machine, follow these steps:

1. Install Tauri Prerequisites:

   Before you begin, make sure you have the required tools and dependencies installed for Tauri. Follow the Tauri Prerequisites Guide to set up your environment.

2. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/pekkiriscim/passwords.git

   cd passwords

3. Install Dependencies:

   Navigate into the project directory and install the required dependencies:

   npm install

4. Run the Development Server:

   Start the app in development mode with the following command:

   npm run tauri dev

5. Build and Launch the Tauri App:

   To build and launch the Tauri app, run the following command:

   npm run tauri build

Contribution

Contributions to Passwords are welcomed and encouraged! If you're interested in improving the app, adding new features, fixing bugs, or enhancing documentation, your contributions are highly valued.

License

Passwords is open-source software released under the MIT License.

The MIT License (MIT) is a permissive open-source license that allows you to use, modify, and distribute the software in your projects, both commercial and non-commercial, while providing attribution to the original authors.

Screenshots

Download App

Visit the Releases page of the GitHub repository to find the latest version of Passwords. Look for the release version that you want to download.