Paw
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Paw, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
The facts
Each one read from Paw's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Additional features
- Paw lists an SSH key and CLI session manager and proactive password health checks.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Additional tools
- Paw lists an SSH key and CLI session manager and proactive password health checks among its features.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- Paw supports time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) for two-factor authentication.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Codebase
- Paw is developed in Go and uses Fyne as its UI toolkit.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The download page lists Linux, macOS, and Windows builds, plus FreeBSD builds and source code.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- Paw uses the age encryption library to protect data.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Implementation
- Paw is developed in Go and uses Fyne as its UI toolkit.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Local data
- Paw says data stays on the user’s device and is shared across devices only if synchronization is enabled.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Open source
- Paw describes itself as open source and invites users and developers to inspect its code.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Password generator
- Paw includes a password generator for creating strong, unique passwords.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Paw is an open-source password manager for managing digital data for personal and professional use.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Release signatures
- The download page says release 0.27.0 files are signed with minisign.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security status
- The project's GitHub README says Paw is a work in progress that has not had a full security audit and should not be relied on for security.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Threat model
- The project's GitHub README states that Paw's threat model assumes there are no attackers on the local machine.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Two-factor authentication
- Paw has built-in support for Time-based One-Time Passwords (TOTP).checked 12 Oct 2026
- Vault contents
- Paw stores logins, PIN codes, and personal notes in an encrypted vault.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Vault encryption details
- The project's GitHub README says vault items are stored separately and metadata is encrypted in a vault.age file.checked 5 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The site footer credits Luca Corbo.checked 5 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Linux,macOS,Windows,BSD,mobile,CLIchecked 20 Sep 2026
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