yalkatrazz/lockshed

The LockShed is a password manager built around one central idea: your passwords and other sensitive notes never leave your own computer. There is no cloud account, no subscription, and nothing is ever uploaded anywhere, not even for backup or syncing between devices. You are the only one holding the file and the key that unlocks it. Every entry you save is encrypted using well established methods, with a very high number of key derivation rounds meant to make guessing your master password extremely slow for an attacker. Beyond basic storage, it checks how strong each password actually is rather than just counting characters, keeps a history of previous passwords for each entry, and locks itself automatically if you step away. There is a browser extension for Chrome and Brave that can autofill your saved logins, paired to your specific install through a randomly generated secret so no website can ever read your vault, only the extension can. You can also access your vault from your phone over your own WiFi network through a PIN-protected page, again without any outside server involved. Installing it is straightforward on Windows: download the installer, run it, and set a master password. Because the installer is not digitally signed by a paid certificate, a hobby project the author is upfront about not budgeting for, Windows will show an unfamiliar publisher warning the first time, which is expected. There is also a portable version that runs from a plain folder or USB stick with no installation, keeping your vault inside that same folder so it travels with you. People comfortable working with source code can also clone the project and run it directly with Python. The author describes this clearly as a hobby project rather than an independently audited commercial product, and encourages anyone relying on it to read the source code themselves rather than simply trusting the claims. It is released under the MIT license, so it can be used, modified, or redistributed freely.