Share a Secret encrypts your message or file before it leaves your computer. The recipient gets a link. They open it, they read it, and the link is gone. Nothing is stored in plaintext anywhere.
No account or sign-in needed to create, send, or receive a secret.
From typing to delivery in under a minute.
Type a password, paste an API key, or attach a file. Whatever you need to send.
Starkive encrypts everything on your computer before anything leaves it. We never see it.
Copy a unique link like starkive.app/s/★Vega and send it however you like: email, Slack, text.
The recipient sees the secret once. The link self-destructs immediately after.
Want to keep everything off the internet entirely? Save as a local file instead.
When someone needs a password, the fastest thing to do is paste it into chat. The problem is that Slack, Teams, and Gmail store those messages on servers you don't control, sometimes indefinitely. A breach, a subpoena, or an IT audit can expose what you sent years ago.
Every message you send is stored in plaintext on someone else's server. That includes the password you pasted last Tuesday.
Copy a password and it sits in your clipboard manager, your browser autofill, maybe a screenshot. You meant to clear it. You didn't.
Once a secret is in a chat thread, it's there until someone deletes it. With Share a Secret, the link expires the moment it's opened.
Both options encrypt on your device first. You choose where the encrypted content goes.
Shareable web link
Most common · Recipient needs no app
Type your secret, choose a passphrase, and click Share. Starkive encrypts the content and gives you a link. Send the link over any channel and the passphrase separately, by text, by phone, however you like.
When the recipient opens the link in their browser, they enter the passphrase and see the secret. The link deletes itself immediately after.
Good to know
Local encrypted file
Nothing touches the internet
If you'd rather keep everything off the internet, Starkive saves your encrypted content as a .ssz file on your computer. Share it over USB, a network drive, or as an email attachment.
The recipient opens the file in Starkive on their PC or Mac and enters the passphrase. No internet connection required on either end.
Good to know
Encryption shouldn't be something you have to think about.
Share a Secret is built into Starkive and takes about 30 seconds to use.
Anyone who's ever typed a password into a chat window.
DevOps and IT teams
Onboard new developers without pasting API keys and database credentials into Slack. The new hire gets a one-time link, they open it, it disappears.
HR and operations
New hire paperwork sometimes includes SSNs and banking details. Share it as an encrypted file over USB with the passphrase delivered in person.
Freelancers and agencies
Clients hand over server logins, CMS credentials, and API keys. A Starkive link is cleaner and safer than forwarding email threads back and forth.
Also used for
Other tools exist. None of them were built specifically for this.
PART OF STARKIVE
Share a Secret is part of the full version. Download Starkive free and unlock everything with a one-time $7.99 purchase inside the app.
Windows 10 and 11 and macOS. Share a Secret requires Starkive Pro (a one-time $7.99 unlock). No account or sign-in needed to create, send, or receive.