Zero-knowledge encrypted vault
Platanist Nest is a zero-knowledge vault where the browser owns the critical cryptographic path and the server only sees ciphertext. It exists both as a usable tool and as a statement about how secret management products should reduce trust assumptions.
The problem it tackles
Security products often ask users to trust branding, dashboards, and vague claims. Nest had to make the model legible: no server-side key custody, a clear key lifecycle, and an interface that makes the trust boundary visible instead of hiding it behind marketing language.
Architecture
Encryption and key handling stay in the browser so the backend becomes a ciphertext store rather than a privileged decryptor.
The identity model starts from possession of keys, not from a traditional username-password account abstraction.
The product explains its posture in user-facing language so verification is easier than blind trust.
What matters
Media
Nest vault grid screenshot