Documentation

Choose the path that matches what you need to do.

Storage by platform

  • Security levels

    Who can read your secrets on each platform, with and without a passphrase or passkey, and what is never protected.

  • iOS

    App-bound key access through the Data Protection Keychain: setup, isolation, passphrases, limitations and recovery.

  • Android

    App-bound Keystore protection on Android 12 and newer, with hardware assurance and user-presence limits explained separately.

  • macOS

    App-bound keys for entitled apps and account-level protection for the CLI, with file isolation and release requirements for each.

  • Linux

    Account-level Secret Service protection, passphrase guidance and the separate sandbox-bound Flatpak candidate.

Reference

  • Architecture

    How the vault, its key hierarchy, opening, writing and protection changes work.

  • Choosing Keybay

    Choose the smallest tool that matches whether you need local storage, provider portability, team sharing, or encrypted files.

  • Security

    Where secrets live on each platform, how releases are verified, current evidence limits, and the private vulnerability-reporting route.

  • External review

    Exact source and release baselines, security boundaries, code and test maps, and outstanding qualification.

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