Secret firewall for developers

Your secrets are one paste away from a transcript. Keep them local.

Vardra is a native zero-knowledge secrets manager for developers using AI agents, CLIs, hooks, and local apps without turning live credentials into copied plaintext.

Local vaultBlind syncDev workflow safe
Vardra Personal vault / Apex Radius
Unlocked locally
POSTMARK_SERVER_API_TOKEN api.vardra.dev / production email
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CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN worker deploy / scoped write
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STRIPE_LIVE_SECRET_KEY checkout proof / billing
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Reveal on this Mac Copy redacted Track rotation
.env without the blast radius Stop selecting, pasting, and printing raw credentials just to prove a key exists.
Built for AI-agent work Give tools the secret they need without dumping live values into chat transcripts.
Local first, sync second The readable vault opens on your device; sync only moves sealed payloads.

The problem every developer recognizes

Secrets rarely leak because someone planned to leak them.

They leak because real work is messy: debugging, selecting, pasting, logging, scanning, and asking an AI agent for help at 8:50pm.

01

You highlight the wrong `.env` lines

A normal support or AI-debug moment turns a live token into permanent transcript history.

02

A hook prints the token it found

The guardrail works, but the output still exposes the credential everyone now has to rotate.

03

Ignored runtime files sit inside repo scope

Local OAuth and cloud tokens end up close enough to source that scans, logs, and agents trip over them.

One vault boundary

The same secret boundary across the places developers actually work.

Trust boundary

The account can move data. The vault keeps secrets out of the blast radius.

Vardra does not sell a vague promise to keep passwords safe. It gives developer workflows a harder boundary: local unlock, explicit reveal, encrypted sync, and no server-side vault key.

Read the security model
01

Store once

Credentials live in the vault instead of scattered across `.env`, shell history, notes, and AI prompts.

02

Unlock locally

The master password and device key derive the vault key on the current device before anything is revealed.

03

Inject deliberately

Use CLI and native flows to hand tools the specific secret they need instead of pasting whole files.

04

Rotate when exposed

When a credential does leak, the same source of truth makes cleanup and replacement explicit.

Pricing

Start with the personal vault before the next token gets pasted somewhere permanent.

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Personal

$4.99 /mo
  • Authenticated encryption + Argon2id key derivation
  • Encrypted cloud sync across your devices
  • 1Password / CSV / KeePass import
  • macOS app, Linux headless workflows, and planned native clients
  • Optional Emergency Kit recovery
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Teams

$5.99 /user/mo
  • Everything in Personal, per seat
  • Shared team vaults
  • Role-based vault access controls
  • SSO integration
  • Priority email support
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Objections answered

What developers need to know before trusting a vault.

Is Vardra just another password manager?

No. Passwords are one use case. The sharper job is controlling how secrets enter developer tools, AI-agent sessions, terminals, and browsers without turning into copied plaintext.

Where do my secrets actually live?

The readable vault opens on your device. If sync is enabled, Vardra relays encrypted payloads that are useless without your local unlock material.

Can Vardra reset my master password?

No. That is the security boundary. Recovery has to come from material you control, not a support override that could open the vault.

Does this replace `.env` files?

For local development, that is the direction: keep canonical values in Vardra and inject only what a process needs. v0.1 starts with native vault and CLI/headless workflows; richer dev-tool guardrails graduate from there.

What happens if a device is lost?

Revoke that device from your account and continue from another paired device or your recovery material. A lost device does not give Vardra plaintext access.

Is this only a desktop app?

v0.1 starts with macOS and Linux headless workflows. Mobile unlock, browser autofill, Windows, and richer native clients stay on the same vault boundary as those surfaces graduate.

Launch path

Install the app. Move one live secret out of plaintext. Feel the difference.