From f270df71cf4fb10e5f7fd3e692aa967a6ac641b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeel Dobariya <136002730+JeelDobariya38@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 18:15:39 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/8] docs: Add overview of the Passcodes Project --- docs/project_overiew.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/project_overiew.md diff --git a/docs/project_overiew.md b/docs/project_overiew.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e1795758 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/project_overiew.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +# Passcodes Project + +An app that take down your headace of remembeing password and auth related sensitive infomation in your head.. It is a secure and robust solution that not only, let you store password in a local storage. but also make the exprience, much more fun and initiative.. + +## Problem Statement + +In morden days, data is important, especially data that has concern with auth infomation.. and store them securly is a serious task (and much of headace). Passcodes try to eliminate this headace. by provide you a simpe, sweet and initiative ui that help you store your password in local storage. (and to extend also in cloud). `which means, you have full control of data you share with passcodes app`. + +## Goals + +- To make password management process much more intuative, enjoying, customizable & secure. By give you full (or utter more) control over your auth data. (that is shared or stored in passcodes app). +- To simplify password management, yet give extensive control to end users. +- To serve as guide, reference & extensible tool, for all people (nerds) who are interested in making there password management workflow, much more safe, secure and customizable. + +## Target Users + +1. `Not So Developer, Not So Normal-End-User` First: + + Which means, + - For those, who wish to optimize, there password management workflow.. but don;t how to... + - For those, who are willing to spend time learning a tool (specifically for password management) & for those how are willing to uncover (disambiguate) abstraction that app uses to make the exprience of storing passwords with passcode much more simpler... + - For those, who are willing to gain control of there auth data, without that extra headace of remember data that comes with it... + - For those, who don't mind researching and squim through our documentation for hrs, just for once in a while, to customize & optimize thier password management workflow... + +2. `Software Engineer` is our second target users: + + Which means, + - the source code of the app, will much more likely to be clean, maintainable and extendsiable... + - developers can make the app, in way they need... we will also have documentaion that one can follow & learn from, about how to extend passcodes app... + +3. `End Users` are the least target of application: + + Which means, + - that the app will made in such way, in which we will try to abstract away the complex concepts in different extensible/decoupled systems... such that end users will more like feel that they are using a simple. but, secure password manageing app... + - if you fall in this category of target users, then it more like that you will either not use the app to it full potential, or more like you will became password management nerd, as app is full optimised to promote customization and optimization of your password management workflow... + - Also, it more like a way to start using/integrating passcodes app into your daily password management workflow... but if wanna continue, then we recommend you, to try learn about your specfic password management workflow and make yourself prompted from just normal end user to a more, better group (as in `Not So Developer, Not So Normal-End-User` group).. which will make you, the first target of app... which also mean that you will likely use app more effectivly and will (at somepoint) end up optimizing your password management workflow, to make it more secure and customized to your spefic needs... From 14ef495ff18ac973b8d04dc7fcb37c3dfb94c71a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeel Dobariya <136002730+JeelDobariya38@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 18:57:53 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 2/8] docs: add a priorty section --- docs/project_overiew.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/project_overiew.md b/docs/project_overiew.md index e1795758..46ef9ea4 100644 --- a/docs/project_overiew.md +++ b/docs/project_overiew.md @@ -2,6 +2,14 @@ An app that take down your headace of remembeing password and auth related sensitive infomation in your head.. It is a secure and robust solution that not only, let you store password in a local storage. but also make the exprience, much more fun and initiative.. +## Outline + +- [Problem Statement](#problem-statement) +- [Goals](#goals) +- [Target Users](#target-users) +- [Priority](#priority) + + ## Problem Statement In morden days, data is important, especially data that has concern with auth infomation.. and store them securly is a serious task (and much of headace). Passcodes try to eliminate this headace. by provide you a simpe, sweet and initiative ui that help you store your password in local storage. (and to extend also in cloud). `which means, you have full control of data you share with passcodes app`. @@ -34,3 +42,21 @@ In morden days, data is important, especially data that has concern with auth in - that the app will made in such way, in which we will try to abstract away the complex concepts in different extensible/decoupled systems... such that end users will more like feel that they are using a simple. but, secure password manageing app... - if you fall in this category of target users, then it more like that you will either not use the app to it full potential, or more like you will became password management nerd, as app is full optimised to promote customization and optimization of your password management workflow... - Also, it more like a way to start using/integrating passcodes app into your daily password management workflow... but if wanna continue, then we recommend you, to try learn about your specfic password management workflow and make yourself prompted from just normal end user to a more, better group (as in `Not So Developer, Not So Normal-End-User` group).. which will make you, the first target of app... which also mean that you will likely use app more effectivly and will (at somepoint) end up optimizing your password management workflow, to make it more secure and customized to your spefic needs... + +--- + +## Priority + +### `Customization & Extensibility is our top most priority, While simplicity is just not!!`: + +Which means app will be fully (or to it most) be extensible & customiziable, without limited by any abstraction and simplification of app. We as developer will try to make the internals of app more abstract and decoupled and thus, customizable. meanwhile doind we might loss simplicity.. and the UI/UX might look more complex then need... + +Simplicity is not priority of the passcodes app. but abstracting concepts from users (as much as possible) surely is... + +## `Security is our second most priority, While performance is just not!!` + +Which clearly mean that app might have a ten different reduant, in software checks for data and user input. to ensure a robust operation.. This check might add performance overhead.. but as perfomance is not our priority, we might ignore this performance overhead, as we focus more on security, robustness and extensibilty. + +Also, performace is not even a thing, we consider opimising for, while making passcodes app. and it's done for better or for worse. as passcodes app is not use daily. and also we belive, that security concerns assoicated wih password management app is more important then any performance issue ever arise can, and sure in morden work we have high speed computer and three different reduant check won;t hurt. but an app crash or data corruption might, As the data app deals with is highly sensitive, consider end user might end up save all there account form different platform at one place.... And sure a user can wait for 2 or 3 minutes if app is not responding and doing some redundant checks just ensure data is valid... + +But that sure doesn't mean we will not focus on performance... if it became a serious issue we will try our best to solve the performance issues... but it just that, we might end up wait until something goes seriouly go wrong with performance!! (e.g. app take time, to process a simple single store password action.. for straight 1 minute...) From c3c7e94d3fdaa46664367555a4b45a4949cd1205 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeel Dobariya <136002730+JeelDobariya38@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 22:09:22 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 3/8] docs: add motivations --- docs/project_overiew.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/project_overiew.md b/docs/project_overiew.md index 46ef9ea4..a8c55779 100644 --- a/docs/project_overiew.md +++ b/docs/project_overiew.md @@ -60,3 +60,31 @@ Which clearly mean that app might have a ten different reduant, in software chec Also, performace is not even a thing, we consider opimising for, while making passcodes app. and it's done for better or for worse. as passcodes app is not use daily. and also we belive, that security concerns assoicated wih password management app is more important then any performance issue ever arise can, and sure in morden work we have high speed computer and three different reduant check won;t hurt. but an app crash or data corruption might, As the data app deals with is highly sensitive, consider end user might end up save all there account form different platform at one place.... And sure a user can wait for 2 or 3 minutes if app is not responding and doing some redundant checks just ensure data is valid... But that sure doesn't mean we will not focus on performance... if it became a serious issue we will try our best to solve the performance issues... but it just that, we might end up wait until something goes seriouly go wrong with performance!! (e.g. app take time, to process a simple single store password action.. for straight 1 minute...) + +## Motivation + +We have pretty good and decent motivation that drive us forward, there are many previous project that back passcodes app... that were made piously by me(jeeldobariya38) and fellow contributor... + +### Kupass + +Github REPO: [Kupass](https://github.com/kudanilll/kupass). + +#### Overview + +It a simple much more intuative password management soultion.. develop by fellow contributor, danil (@kudanill). It is one of recommended solution if you want to have easy to use app.. and don't need complexcity and customization that passcodes offer you. as it simple ant intiuative.. it very much more secure as it all in your local storage... + +#### Why Quit? + +Danil, the official owner of project, has stop provide further update as his poritiy change... there was no real desgin issue with project... it just that project was more made for eduaitional purpose and prototying, hobby kind of purpose. + +### Smart Manager + +Github REPO: [Smart Manager](https://github.com/JeelDobariya38/Smart-Manager) + +#### Overview + +It was my first project in world of password manager and also in world of software engineering... it mostly a project, where i have made a lots of design mistakes... and try to make the code scalable and extensible and try implementing various stuff, that just don't fit together.. it perfect example, of use everything someone say is a community standard, without ever questioning why am i using it or wether is it worth adding to project.... it like if someone said use dependency injection make code better... then let just use it in our project.... + +#### Why Quit? + +The project suffer from major design issue that, I realized very later, in project timeline. it happens to reach to the point where the code was litearlly just mess and it just don;t have core features... so i thing to dump the app, and idea as whole... never really thaought that i might come back to same idea a year after and use it to build a app in android... From 792ae3641b868c9121dbec83cf2191bf2d50e3d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeel Dobariya <136002730+JeelDobariya38@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 22:14:52 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 4/8] docs: Add screenshots --- README.md | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5555b45b..06486186 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ A android app that take down the headace of remember passwords. It is open sourc > It is just a open source project. An is current under active development. > Please, consider using it for fun and not for real password managment. (untill, we offically release a stable release) +## ScreenShots + +![d7e0fb12-17fe-4e48-ae86-2629172ac0ca](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/011afd00-6102-4962-969a-0d36599743bc)![5f7050d9-ccda-4b79-9b7f-36fb018f4118](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/27f1aac0-0391-496d-aafa-67fe2d124bbc)![994be12d-1b9d-480b-8c2b-0771145b6a0b](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5782ec10-3cad-49c8-929b-9570901a8a53)![9f736037-99c0-4deb-a53b-afddb8617fff](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0c84450e-608d-4845-8771-2adba562e48d) + ## Compatibility **Compile Sdk**: `Android 16 (API level 36)` From 99c3bf844ed6ed16a04b10292093b1b9be2f5a83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeel Dobariya <136002730+JeelDobariya38@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 22:25:53 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 5/8] docs: update styling --- README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 06486186..6623d929 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ A android app that take down the headace of remember passwords. It is open sourc ## ScreenShots -![d7e0fb12-17fe-4e48-ae86-2629172ac0ca](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/011afd00-6102-4962-969a-0d36599743bc)![5f7050d9-ccda-4b79-9b7f-36fb018f4118](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/27f1aac0-0391-496d-aafa-67fe2d124bbc)![994be12d-1b9d-480b-8c2b-0771145b6a0b](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/5782ec10-3cad-49c8-929b-9570901a8a53)![9f736037-99c0-4deb-a53b-afddb8617fff](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/0c84450e-608d-4845-8771-2adba562e48d) + + + + ## Compatibility From 93f66acbd418f1284cbb1850f531961f01cf1f29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jainil Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 11:38:25 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 6/8] docs: improve sentences Co-Authored-By: Jeel Dobariya <136002730+JeelDobariya38@users.noreply.github.com> --- README.md | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6623d929..dcf3d0e6 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ # Passcodes -A android app that take down the headace of remember passwords. It is open source solutions that help you in keep your passwords safe and secure in your own local storage without ever need to push them to cloud. +A android app that take down the headache of remembering passwords. It is open source solutions that help you in keeping your passwords safe and secure, in your own local storage without ever needing to push them to cloud. > [!WARNING] > It is just a open source project. An is current under active development. -> Please, consider using it for fun and not for real password managment. (untill, we offically release a stable release) +> Please, consider using it for fun, and not for real password managment. (untill, we offically release a stable release) ## ScreenShots @@ -21,41 +21,41 @@ A android app that take down the headace of remember passwords. It is open sourc Android 8+ (Minimum) [API level 26+] Android 14 [API level 34] (we support offically) -Note: high version can still run but are not guaranteed offically. +Note: high version can still run, but are not guaranteed offically. ``` > What we think of passcodes? -> Password management is one such thing that is as simple as remember a password yet, it very important topic in term of security. So, we as developer of passcode think to streamline and securing the process as much as possible. [Read more](docs/project-overview.md) +> Password management is one such thing that is as simple as remember a password yet, it very important topic in term of security. So, we as developer of passcodes think to streamline and securing the process as much as possible. [Read more](docs/project-overview.md) ## Features -- [x] Intuitive UI. -- [ ] Update Checkers & Manager. -- [x] Password Management. (Current Priority) -- [ ] Secure File. (Least Priority, Because it include permission. Which, I am as developer not familar with 😂) - - Could be Image. (JPG. PNG ....) - - Could be Vidoe. - - Could any Binary File. (more like won't be a text file) -- [ ] Other Secret Info Management. - - Could be note. (txt file) - - Could be any info that can encode as key & value. - ```json - { - "key": "SECRET API KEY", - "content": "qwerty-let-say" - "createdat": "...", - "updatedat": "..." - } - ``` -- [ ] NON Secret Info Store -- [ ] Encryption and Decryption. -- [ ] Backup Manager. -- [ ] Import/Export Passwords. -- [ ] Extensivity with custom database. -- [ ] Multiple Language Translation. -- [ ] Theme & Customization. -- [ ] Key Manager. -- [ ] Multi Platform Support. (KMP) +- [x] Intuitive UI. +- [ ] Update Checkers & Manager. +- [x] Password Management. (Current Priority) +- [ ] Secure File. (Least Priority, Because it include permission. Which, I am as developer not familar with 😂) + - Could be Image. (JPG. PNG ....) + - Could be Vidoe. + - Could any Binary File. (more like won't be a text file) +- [ ] Other Secret Info Management. + - Could be note. (txt file) + - Could be any info that can encode as key & value. + ```json + { + "key": "SECRET API KEY", + "content": "qwerty-let-say" + "createdat": "...", + "updatedat": "..." + } + ``` +- [ ] NON Secret Info Store +- [ ] Encryption and Decryption. +- [ ] Backup Manager. +- [ ] Import/Export Passwords. +- [ ] Extensivity with custom database. +- [ ] Multiple Language Translation. +- [ ] Theme & Customization. +- [ ] Key Manager. +- [ ] Multi Platform Support. (KMP) ## Installation Steps @@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ It was general, intuitive, short and sweet description, For more detailed descri ## Support Docs -you can checkout support docs provided in [docs/](docs/) Or You can even seek help on our [telegram community](https://t.me/passwordmanagercommunity) +You can checkout support docs, provided in [docs/](docs/) Or You can even seek help on our [telegram community](https://t.me/passwordmanagercommunity) -## Contribution Are Appicated!!! +## Contribution Are Appreciated!!! -By, contribuating to project you accept the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) & [MIT License](LICENSE.txt). +By, contributing to project you accept the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) & [MIT License](LICENSE.txt). ## Licence -Passcodes Project is licence under [MIT](LICENSE.txt) Licence. Downloading the app would mean, you are ok and have accepted the license. +Passcodes Project is licence under [MIT](LICENSE.txt) Licence. Downloading the app would mean, you are okay and have accepted the license. From 43b10ec1d477db7ab73e962c6bbb514d1a6b58b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jainil Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 11:57:20 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 7/8] docs.building.md --- docs/building.md | 27 ++++++++++++++------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/building.md b/docs/building.md index 510afd10..1fc82621 100644 --- a/docs/building.md +++ b/docs/building.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ > [!warning] > The script `installondevice.bat` itself is deprecated by developers, > But, it still may works!! We will provide a new solution, more likely a `powershell` more robust script soon. -> Which directly integrate with morden windows 11. and has more feature.. though this script will remain as it. +> Which directly integrate with modern windows 11. and has more features.. though this script will remains as it. Here, you will get the details about how to build the app (in recommended way). @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ OS: Windows 11 10.0 amd64 ## Preparing For A Build. -Here, are the things you required, first you will need a `keystore.properties` & `passcodes.jks` in project root. So, that the script can be able to sign the apk file when generated. second thing you might need is a mobile device with usb debugging enable, connect to your machine, because script install the app dirctly using `adb`. +Here, are the things you required, first you will need a `keystore.properties` & `passcodes.jks` in project root. So, that the script can be able to sign the apk file when generated. Second thing you might need is a mobile device with USB debugging enable, connected to your machine, because script install the app directly using `adb`. ### Template For keystore.properties @@ -68,18 +68,19 @@ storePassword= ## Deprecated: Finial Run Script For Building > [!warning] -> the script `installondevice.bat` itself is deprecated by developers, -> but it still may works!! +> The script `installondevice.bat` itself is deprecated by developers, +> But it still may works!! + +You can build the app for production and dev version. -you can build the app for production and dev version. +- Development Builds -- Development Builds + ```powershell + ./installondevice.bat + ``` - ```bat - installondevice.bat - ``` +- Production Builds -- Production Builds - ``` - installondevice.bat prod - ``` + ```powershell + ./installondevice.bat prod + ``` From 732d97e89ff9e0ac3384b54155f38f1de7746577 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jainil Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 12:37:25 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 8/8] improve docs English --- .vscode/settings.json | 3 ++ README.md | 2 +- docs/database-design-guide.md | 4 +-- docs/project_overiew.md | 60 ++++++++++++++++++----------------- docs/release-workflow.md | 7 ++-- docs/security_guide.md | 12 +++---- 6 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) create mode 100644 .vscode/settings.json diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b427e0c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/.vscode/settings.json @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ +{ + "cSpell.words": ["jeeldobariya", "passcodes", "somepoint"] +} diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index dcf3d0e6..ab343882 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -89,4 +89,4 @@ By, contributing to project you accept the [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) & ## Licence -Passcodes Project is licence under [MIT](LICENSE.txt) Licence. Downloading the app would mean, you are okay and have accepted the license. +Passcodes Project is license under [MIT](LICENSE.txt) License. Downloading the app would mean, you are okay and have accepted the license. diff --git a/docs/database-design-guide.md b/docs/database-design-guide.md index a6b5c998..37575ba9 100644 --- a/docs/database-design-guide.md +++ b/docs/database-design-guide.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ In this file, You will find the general structure & format in which app stores users data. Also you will you will find different schema of database. -> Some feature are not supported in sqlite3 and some might be specfic to some database. but as a developer we will try our best to abstract away database concept (from frontend) as much as possible by seperating database functainality in a seperate module. and frontend will just call as simple as method like savePassword() or loadPassword() or something along that lines... to communicate with database... +> Some feature are not supported in sqlite3 and some might be specific to some database. but as a developer we will try our best to abstract away database concept (from frontend) as much as possible by separating database functionality in a separate module. and frontend will just call as simple as method like savePassword() or loadPassword() or something along that lines... to communicate with database... > [!NOTE] > Database schema versioning system is completely separate from the app versioning system. @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In this file, You will find the general structure & format in which app stores u **Database**: Sqlite3(`master.db`) -It is a database where user info is stored. It schema changes often between the app versions, based on changes in feature requirements. Here, in this section you will find all the version of database schema & will also find info about how we adopated to the new schema. +It is a database where user info is stored. It schema changes often between the app versions, based on changes in feature requirements. Here, in this section you will find all the version of database schema & will also find info about how we adopted to the new schema. ### Current Database Design (v1) diff --git a/docs/project_overiew.md b/docs/project_overiew.md index a8c55779..6d01c5db 100644 --- a/docs/project_overiew.md +++ b/docs/project_overiew.md @@ -1,47 +1,49 @@ # Passcodes Project -An app that take down your headace of remembeing password and auth related sensitive infomation in your head.. It is a secure and robust solution that not only, let you store password in a local storage. but also make the exprience, much more fun and initiative.. +An app that take down your headache of remembering password and auth related sensitive information in your head.. It is a secure and robust solution that not only, let you store password in a local storage. but also make the experience, much more fun and initiative.. ## Outline -- [Problem Statement](#problem-statement) -- [Goals](#goals) -- [Target Users](#target-users) -- [Priority](#priority) - +- [Problem Statement](#problem-statement) +- [Goals](#goals) +- [Target Users](#target-users) +- [Priority](#priority) ## Problem Statement -In morden days, data is important, especially data that has concern with auth infomation.. and store them securly is a serious task (and much of headace). Passcodes try to eliminate this headace. by provide you a simpe, sweet and initiative ui that help you store your password in local storage. (and to extend also in cloud). `which means, you have full control of data you share with passcodes app`. +In modern days, data is important, especially data that has concern with auth information.. and store them securely is a serious task (and much of headache). Passcodes try to eliminate this headache. by provide you a simple, sweet and initiative ui that help you store your password in local storage. (and to extend also in cloud). `which means, you have full control of data you share with passcodes app`. ## Goals -- To make password management process much more intuative, enjoying, customizable & secure. By give you full (or utter more) control over your auth data. (that is shared or stored in passcodes app). -- To simplify password management, yet give extensive control to end users. -- To serve as guide, reference & extensible tool, for all people (nerds) who are interested in making there password management workflow, much more safe, secure and customizable. +- To make password management process much more intuitive, enjoying, customizable & secure. By give you full (or utter more) control over your auth data. (that is shared or stored in passcodes app). +- To simplify password management, yet give extensive control to end users. +- To serve as guide, reference & extensible tool, for all people (nerds) who are interested in making there password management workflow, much more safe, secure and customizable. ## Target Users 1. `Not So Developer, Not So Normal-End-User` First: - + Which means, - - For those, who wish to optimize, there password management workflow.. but don;t how to... - - For those, who are willing to spend time learning a tool (specifically for password management) & for those how are willing to uncover (disambiguate) abstraction that app uses to make the exprience of storing passwords with passcode much more simpler... - - For those, who are willing to gain control of there auth data, without that extra headace of remember data that comes with it... - - For those, who don't mind researching and squim through our documentation for hrs, just for once in a while, to customize & optimize thier password management workflow... + + - For those, who wish to optimize, there password management workflow.. but don;t how to... + - For those, who are willing to spend time learning a tool (specifically for password management) & for those how are willing to uncover (disambiguate) abstraction that app uses to make the experience of storing passwords with passcode much more simpler... + - For those, who are willing to gain control of there auth data, without that extra headache of remember data that comes with it... + - For those, who don't mind researching and squirm through our documentation for hrs, just for once in a while, to customize & optimize their password management workflow... 2. `Software Engineer` is our second target users: - Which means, - - the source code of the app, will much more likely to be clean, maintainable and extendsiable... - - developers can make the app, in way they need... we will also have documentaion that one can follow & learn from, about how to extend passcodes app... + Which means, + + - the source code of the app, will much more likely to be clean, maintainable and extensible... + - developers can make the app, in way they need... we will also have documentation that one can follow & learn from, about how to extend passcodes app... 3. `End Users` are the least target of application: - Which means, - - that the app will made in such way, in which we will try to abstract away the complex concepts in different extensible/decoupled systems... such that end users will more like feel that they are using a simple. but, secure password manageing app... - - if you fall in this category of target users, then it more like that you will either not use the app to it full potential, or more like you will became password management nerd, as app is full optimised to promote customization and optimization of your password management workflow... - - Also, it more like a way to start using/integrating passcodes app into your daily password management workflow... but if wanna continue, then we recommend you, to try learn about your specfic password management workflow and make yourself prompted from just normal end user to a more, better group (as in `Not So Developer, Not So Normal-End-User` group).. which will make you, the first target of app... which also mean that you will likely use app more effectivly and will (at somepoint) end up optimizing your password management workflow, to make it more secure and customized to your spefic needs... + Which means, + + - that the app will made in such way, in which we will try to abstract away the complex concepts in different extensible/decoupled systems... such that end users will more like feel that they are using a simple. but, secure password managing app... + - if you fall in this category of target users, then it more like that you will either not use the app to it full potential, or more like you will became password management nerd, as app is full optimized to promote customization and optimization of your password management workflow... + - Also, it more like a way to start using/integrating passcodes app into your daily password management workflow... but if wanna continue, then we recommend you, to try learn about your specific password management workflow and make yourself prompted from just normal end user to a more, better group (as in `Not So Developer, Not So Normal-End-User` group).. which will make you, the first target of app... which also mean that you will likely use app more effectively and will (at somepoint) end up optimizing your password management workflow, to make it more secure and customized to your specific needs... --- @@ -49,17 +51,17 @@ In morden days, data is important, especially data that has concern with auth in ### `Customization & Extensibility is our top most priority, While simplicity is just not!!`: -Which means app will be fully (or to it most) be extensible & customiziable, without limited by any abstraction and simplification of app. We as developer will try to make the internals of app more abstract and decoupled and thus, customizable. meanwhile doind we might loss simplicity.. and the UI/UX might look more complex then need... +Which means app will be fully (or to it most) be extensible & customizable, without limited by any abstraction and simplification of app. We as developer will try to make the internals of app more abstract and decoupled and thus, customizable. meanwhile doing we might loss simplicity.. and the UI/UX might look more complex then need... Simplicity is not priority of the passcodes app. but abstracting concepts from users (as much as possible) surely is... ## `Security is our second most priority, While performance is just not!!` -Which clearly mean that app might have a ten different reduant, in software checks for data and user input. to ensure a robust operation.. This check might add performance overhead.. but as perfomance is not our priority, we might ignore this performance overhead, as we focus more on security, robustness and extensibilty. +Which clearly mean that app might have a ten different redundant, in software checks for data and user input. to ensure a robust operation.. This check might add performance overhead.. but as performance is not our priority, we might ignore this performance overhead, as we focus more on security, robustness and extensibility. -Also, performace is not even a thing, we consider opimising for, while making passcodes app. and it's done for better or for worse. as passcodes app is not use daily. and also we belive, that security concerns assoicated wih password management app is more important then any performance issue ever arise can, and sure in morden work we have high speed computer and three different reduant check won;t hurt. but an app crash or data corruption might, As the data app deals with is highly sensitive, consider end user might end up save all there account form different platform at one place.... And sure a user can wait for 2 or 3 minutes if app is not responding and doing some redundant checks just ensure data is valid... +Also, performance is not even a thing, we consider optimizing for, while making passcodes app. and it's done for better or for worse. as passcodes app is not use daily. and also we believe, that security concerns associated wih password management app is more important then any performance issue ever arise can, and sure in modern work we have high speed computer and three different redundant check won;t hurt. but an app crash or data corruption might, As the data app deals with is highly sensitive, consider end user might end up save all there account form different platform at one place.... And sure a user can wait for 2 or 3 minutes if app is not responding and doing some redundant checks just ensure data is valid... -But that sure doesn't mean we will not focus on performance... if it became a serious issue we will try our best to solve the performance issues... but it just that, we might end up wait until something goes seriouly go wrong with performance!! (e.g. app take time, to process a simple single store password action.. for straight 1 minute...) +But that sure doesn't mean we will not focus on performance... if it became a serious issue we will try our best to solve the performance issues... but it just that, we might end up wait until something goes seriously go wrong with performance!! (e.g. app take time, to process a simple single store password action.. for straight 1 minute...) ## Motivation @@ -71,11 +73,11 @@ Github REPO: [Kupass](https://github.com/kudanilll/kupass). #### Overview -It a simple much more intuative password management soultion.. develop by fellow contributor, danil (@kudanill). It is one of recommended solution if you want to have easy to use app.. and don't need complexcity and customization that passcodes offer you. as it simple ant intiuative.. it very much more secure as it all in your local storage... +It a simple much more intuitive password management solution.. develop by fellow contributor, daniel (@kudanill). It is one of recommended solution if you want to have easy to use app.. and don't need complexity and customization that passcodes offer you. as it simple ant intuitive.. it very much more secure as it all in your local storage... #### Why Quit? -Danil, the official owner of project, has stop provide further update as his poritiy change... there was no real desgin issue with project... it just that project was more made for eduaitional purpose and prototying, hobby kind of purpose. +Daniel, the official owner of project, has stop provide further update as his priority change... there was no real design issue with project... it just that project was more made for eduaitional purpose and prototyping, hobby kind of purpose. ### Smart Manager @@ -87,4 +89,4 @@ It was my first project in world of password manager and also in world of softwa #### Why Quit? -The project suffer from major design issue that, I realized very later, in project timeline. it happens to reach to the point where the code was litearlly just mess and it just don;t have core features... so i thing to dump the app, and idea as whole... never really thaought that i might come back to same idea a year after and use it to build a app in android... +The project suffer from major design issue that, I realized very later, in project timeline. it happens to reach to the point where the code was literally just mess and it just don;t have core features... so i thing to dump the app, and idea as whole... never really thought that i might come back to same idea a year after and use it to build a app in android... diff --git a/docs/release-workflow.md b/docs/release-workflow.md index e8dda0a4..cf0699ba 100644 --- a/docs/release-workflow.md +++ b/docs/release-workflow.md @@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ In this file, you will find documented process about, how we release, new versio 5. Draft a new release with all apk files uploaded (signed apks). 6. Discuss on community and check & test release app on various parameters and - - We run unit tests. - - We run android tests. - - And ofcourse, we internally as developers also test it (manually). + + - We run unit tests. + - We run android tests. + - And ofcourse, we internally as developers also test it (manually). 7. Then release it. diff --git a/docs/security_guide.md b/docs/security_guide.md index 433806ec..1c3630bb 100644 --- a/docs/security_guide.md +++ b/docs/security_guide.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # Security Guide -Here, In this file, You can find the information about security concern that arise with saveing your password with passcodes app. +Here, In this file, You can find the information about security concern that arise with saving your password with passcodes app. > [!warning] > Firstly, The passcodes is open source project and is currently under active development. So, one is soley responsible for share there information with passcodes application. @@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ We as developers, recommended you to wait, for its stable release. before full t While, save your password with passcodes application. you should consider or should have knowledge of following things. -- Project is license under MIT License. which means that application is given `as it is, without any warranty or guarantee` and is openly/freely available to redistribution or modify. (but you need to have a copy of original license in it) -- With passcodes, your password are as safe as you write it down on pieces of paper or in a txt file digitally. which means that, `your information is not specially protected.` +- Project is license under MIT License. which means that application is given `as it is, without any warranty or guarantee` and is openly/freely available to redistribution or modify. (but you need to have a copy of original license in it) +- With passcodes, your password are as safe as you write it down on pieces of paper or in a txt file digitally. which means that, `your information is not specially protected.` ## Recommendation Here, are the thing we recommend. -- lock passcodes app, using your phone's settings app. it will make it hard for attackers to see your passwords. +- lock passcodes app, using your phone's settings app. it will make it hard for attackers to see your passwords. -- if you lock the app, then use a different password, then the one you have on your lock screen. it make it even more safe. +- if you lock the app, then use a different password, then the one you have on your lock screen. it make it even more safe. -- also, if you don't use the app often, itrecommended, to hide the app using your phone settings. (it is bit inconvenient but at the end of day it pays off as safety) +- also, if you don't use the app often, itrecommended, to hide the app using your phone settings. (it is bit inconvenient but at the end of day it pays off as safety)