Privacy passport
- No tracking
- Yes
- Open source
- Yes
- Only you can read it
- Encrypted
- No account
- Yes
- Free
- Yes
5 of 5 checks
- Web
Private secure sharing tools
8 apps, each with a privacy passport
Pasting a password into chat or email leaves a copy in many places. These tools put the secret behind a one-time link that expires, and the better ones encrypt it in your browser so the server only ever holds scrambled data. Check whether the key stays in the link itself, and whether you can run your own copy.
If you only try three
Free hosted version, encrypted in the browser
Privacy passport
- No tracking
- Yes
- Open source
- Yes
- Only you can read it
- Encrypted
- No account
- Yes
- Free
- Yes
5 of 5 checks- Web
Widely used, many free public instances
Privacy passport
- No tracking
- Yes
- Open source
- Yes
- Only you can read it
- Encrypted
- No account
- Optional
- Free
- Free plan
5 of 5 checks- Web
Polished, works without signing up
All 8 secure sharing tools
Passes
8 of 8 apps
YopassPick
Service3.2k
Shares a password or file through a one-time link, encrypted in your browser before it reaches the server.
- No tracking
- Open source
- End-to-end encrypted
- No account
- Free
- Web
PrivateBinPick
Self-hosted8.7k
Pastebin where text is encrypted in your browser and the server never sees the key; many public copies exist.
- No tracking
- Open source
- End-to-end encrypted
- No account
- Free
- Web
scrt.linkPick
Service79
Sends text, files or links that are encrypted end to end and destroyed after they are opened.
- No tracking
- Open source
- End-to-end encrypted
- Account optional
- Free plan
- Web
Password Pusher
Service3.2k
Pushes a password through a link that expires after a set number of views or days, with an audit log.
- No tracking
- Open source
- Provider can read it
- Account optional
- Free plan
- Web
Onetime Secret
Service3k
Long-running one-time secret link service with optional passphrases and a self-hostable open-source core.
- No tracking
- Open source
- Provider can read it
- Account optional
- Free plan
- Web
crypt.fyi
Service144
Shares text and files through expiring links encrypted in the browser, with a CLI and browser extension.
- No tracking
- Open source
- End-to-end encrypted
- No account
- Free
- Web
1time.io
Service80
Minimal one-time secret sharing that encrypts in the browser with AES-256 before upload.
- No tracking
- Open source
- End-to-end encrypted
- No account
- Free
- Web
SkySend
Service444
Sends encrypted notes, files and keys, or asks someone to send a secret back to you, through expiring links.
- No tracking
- Open source
- End-to-end encrypted
- No account
- Free
- Web
What to check in secure sharing tools
- 1 The secret is encrypted in your browser, not on the server
- 2 Links expire after one view or a set time
- 3 The code is open and you can host your own copy
