I’ve been spending nights and weekends hacking on a side project and figured it was time to put it in front of other developers and get some real feedback.
The project is called PassFX. It’s a terminal-based password manager that works entirely offline. No cloud sync, no browser extensions, no accounts. Everything lives locally and is encrypted with a single master passphrase.
I didn’t build this to compete with existing password managers. This was more about exploring a specific idea:
What does a minimal, auditable, developer-friendly password manager look like if you remove the cloud completely?
Why I built it
I wanted something:
- I could use on offline or air-gapped machines
- That didn’t depend on browser extensions
- Where I fully understood the threat model and tradeoffs
It’s been a good learning exercise around encryption, key management, and designing UX when all you have is a terminal.
What I’m looking for
I’m mostly looking for honest developer feedback:
- Does the approach make sense?
- Are there obvious design or UX issues?
- Anything that feels unnecessary or missing?
- Would you ever use something like this, or is it solving a problem nobody has?
If you’re curious, the repo is here:
GitHub: https://github.com/dinesh-git17/passfx
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