Features

Aelyna® Keys keeps passwords, 2FA codes, cards and documents in an encrypted vault on your computer. Here is what it can do, screen by screen.

Screenshots taken with sample data, mostly in the Italian interface: the "Modalità dimostrativa" (demo mode) band does not appear in the real app.

One vault for everything

Logins, secure notes, payment cards and identities in one place, organised with folders, tags and favourites. Everything is encrypted, titles and website names included.

  • Four item types, with visible or hidden custom fields.
  • Password history: the previous one stays in the details.
  • Trash with restore: no accidental deletions.
Open vault: sidebar with categories and password health, list of items and details of a login with a 2FA code and the clipboard notice.
The details of a login, with the 2FA code and the clipboard notice.
Payment card: number hidden except the last 4 digits, CVV and PIN with Show and Copy.
Card: number hidden except the last 4 digits.
Secure note with its content shown, in the light theme.
A secure note in the light theme.

Find anything in a moment

Press Ctrl+K (⌘K on Mac) and type: the search looks at title, username, websites, tags and folder. Quick filters show the items that need attention right away.

  • Instant keyboard search, with the arrow keys and Enter.
  • Filters by type, folder, tag and favourites.
  • Shortcuts to copy username, password and 2FA code.
Instant search opened with Ctrl+K and its results.
Instant search with Ctrl+K.
Needs-attention quick filter and the box explaining why an item needs attention.
The needs-attention filter explains what to improve.

Strong passwords without effort

The generator creates random passwords or easy-to-remember word phrases, in Italian or English, and shows strength and entropy. In the editor, just press Generate.

  • Length, symbols, digits and leaving out look-alike characters.
  • Passphrases with separator, capital initials and a digit.
  • Save always visible at the bottom of the editor.
Password generator: result with coloured digits and symbols, strength, entropy and options.
The generator with coloured digits and symbols.
Editor of a new login: sections in tabs, a generated password with its strength meter, Cancel and Save buttons at the bottom.
The editor of a new login with the generated password.

Built-in 2FA codes

Aelyna Keys generates the 6-digit two-step verification codes instead of an app on your phone. The website's QR code is read from the screen, the clipboard or a file.

  • The screen is captured once and the image is not kept.
  • A ring shows the time left; in the last 5 seconds it turns amber.
  • For your most important accounts you may prefer a separate app: we tell you so.
Small window in the light theme: three narrow columns and the 2FA code in a login's details.
The 2FA code in the details of a login, even in a small window.

Password health

A check run on your computer, with a score from 0 to 100, finds weak, reused and old passwords and logins without 2FA. Every flagged item opens with one click.

  • No password leaves the vault for the check.
  • Breached passwords with Have I Been Pwned: optional, off by default, started by you.
  • Only the beginning of the fingerprint is sent, shared by thousands of passwords.
Password health: the breached-password check explained in three steps and its result.
Password health and the breached-password check.

Encrypted backups, automatic too

A backup is an encrypted .aelyna-backup file, read back and verified right after writing. Automatic backups run on their own in the folder you choose.

  • Daily, weekly or monthly, with the number of copies to keep.
  • A separate backup password to hand it to someone you trust.
  • Restore in three ways: merge, replace or create a separate vault.
Automatic backups on: last and next backup, frequency, copies to keep, folder and Run now.
Automatic backups, with the last and next backup.
Backup created and verified, with the choice of protection (English interface).
A backup created and verified.

Switching is easy

The guided import recognises the format, shows a preview with duplicates and warnings and saves nothing until you confirm. Plain-text export exists, but it warns you twice.

  • Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, Bitwarden, 1Password, KeePass and CSV.
  • For an unknown CSV you choose what each column contains.
  • Plain-text export only after two warnings and the master password.
Guided import in English and light theme: steps, recognised format, counts, warnings and options.
The import preview (light theme).
Plain-text export, second warning: the I understand box and the master password.
The second warning before a plain-text export.

Secret Key and Emergency Kit

On first launch a five-step wizard creates the vault, helps you choose a strong phrase as master password and has you save the Emergency Kit with the Secret Key.

  • The Secret Key is shown only once and never goes into backups.
  • The Emergency Kit is a PDF to print and keep away from the computer.
  • The strong-phrase generator is also in Settings.
First launch, step 3: the Secret Key split into groups, the Emergency Kit saved and the confirmation ticked.
First launch: the Secret Key and the Emergency Kit.
First launch, step 2: the Generate a strong passphrase panel with words, separator and the generated phrase in large type.
First launch: generate a strong phrase as master password.

Hardware key and quick unlock

With a FIDO2 key (for example a YubiKey), opening the vault also takes a touch of the key. On Windows, quick unlock with Windows Hello is an extra convenience, not extra protection.

  • Up to 4 registered keys, with a backup key and a recovery code.
  • Windows Hello: the master password is still required after a restart and every 14 days.
  • Automatic lock on inactivity, sleep and screen lock.
Settings of the active hardware key: risk of loss, registered key and recovery code.
Hardware key settings.
Unlocking with the hardware key: the Touch your security key message with the Cancel button.
Unlocking: touch your security key.

Dark or light, in Italian or English

Night and day themes, Italian and English, a window that stays readable even when small. Settings explain every choice in plain words.

  • Theme and language switch on the fly and are kept at the next launch.
  • The window can be kept out of screen captures and screen sharing.
  • The clipboard clears itself after 30 seconds.
The open vault in the light theme.
The vault in the light theme.
Settings, Security and unlock section, with its switches.
Settings: security and unlock.

Want to see how it works?

The guide explains every feature step by step. The packages will arrive with the first public release.

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