Documentation
Choose the path that matches what you need to do.
Storage by platform
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Security levels
Who can read your secrets on each platform, with and without a passphrase or passkey, and what is never protected.
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iOS
App-bound key access through the Data Protection Keychain: setup, isolation, passphrases, limitations and recovery.
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Android
App-bound Keystore protection on Android 12 and newer, with hardware assurance and user-presence limits explained separately.
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macOS
App-bound keys for entitled apps and account-level protection for the CLI, with file isolation and release requirements for each.
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Linux
Account-level Secret Service protection, passphrase guidance and the separate sandbox-bound Flatpak candidate.
Reference
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Architecture
How the vault, its key hierarchy, opening, writing and protection changes work.
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Choosing Keybay
Choose the smallest tool that matches whether you need local storage, provider portability, team sharing, or encrypted files.
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Security
Where secrets live on each platform, how releases are verified, current evidence limits, and the private vulnerability-reporting route.
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External review
Exact source and release baselines, security boundaries, code and test maps, and outstanding qualification.
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