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cloudflare / gokey

gokey

A simple vaultless password manager in Go

4Distinct people
4Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
2.4KGitHub stars
REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

A simple vaultless password manager in Go

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

> Do you just use a password manager Yes. I recommend KeePassXC[1] or GoKey[2]. > Log in with Google, Apple No, never! [1] https://keepassxc.org/ [2]…

iio7 used a recommendation phrase. One indexed comment matches. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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Also in these discussions

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:03:16 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year4 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2021-01-16 01:23:35 UTC to 2024-08-24 04:41:32 UTC.

0122021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments20222023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2024

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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I got the idea from https://github.com/cloudflare/gokey > gokey is a password manager, which does not require a password vault. Instead of storing your passwords in a vault it derives your password on the fly from your master password and supplied realm string (for example, resource URL). This way you do not have to manage, backup or sync your password vault (or trust its management to a third party) as your passwords are available immediately anywhere. Instead of having to install a binary on your computer I thought it would be nice to have a web-based utility. Everything is done in your browser, so nothing is sent to any other servers to process the request. I'm definitely open to criticism, feedback, suggestions, etc..
In Simple Vaultless Passwords in the Browser

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