You can keep passwords in one place on your Mac without uploading a password database to a cloud service. OGAD (Off Grid AI Desktop) includes Vault, an encrypted local store for web logins, app credentials, API keys, notes, and files. Unlock it when you need an entry, then lock it when you finish.
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Vault is a Pro feature. Initial installation and licence setup can need internet; storing and opening the local vault does not require cloud sync. You do not need to download an AI model to save a password.
What does the local vault give you?
It gives you a structured place for credentials that might otherwise be spread across text files and messages. A web login can have a title, username, password, and URL. App entries keep an account name and password without requiring a website address.
| Entry type | Useful for |
|---|---|
| Web Login | A website account and its login address |
| App | An application account or a software credential |
| API Key | A labelled key or token |
| Secure Note | Sensitive text that is not a username/password pair |
| File | A small file stored inside the encrypted vault |
Use a clear title such as “Personal project hosting” rather than pasting a secret into the title. The list is designed to help you find an entry before revealing its protected value.
The workflow is included in OGAD 0.0.51. It stores entries locally in an encrypted KDBX database, using a master password and a device-derived key.
What does encryption protect?
The saved database is encrypted at rest. Your master password and the device factor are used to open it. Once you unlock the vault and reveal a value, that value is available to the app so you can use it.
Keep that boundary in mind when copying a password. The copied text goes to the system clipboard, where clipboard-history tools or the destination app can receive it. Vault encryption does not automatically encrypt every copy you make outside the vault.
Before working with real secrets, check any clipboard capture and sync settings you use. OGAD’s Clipboard settings let you turn Capture clipboard off. Lock the vault after use, and keep the Mac’s own account protected as well.
Getting started with one login
Create the vault, save its recovery phrase safely, and add a test entry before moving credentials you rely on. That lets you check the save, lock, and unlock flow first.
- Open Vault in OGAD with Pro active.
- Enter and confirm a master password, then select Create Vault.
- Store the displayed 24-word recovery phrase somewhere safe outside the vault.
- Choose New entry → Web Login.
- Fill in Title, Username / Email, Password, and URL, then select Save.
- Select Lock vault, unlock it again, and find the saved entry.
The setup enforces a minimum password length, but a longer unique master password is a better choice than merely meeting the minimum. Do not put the only copy of the recovery phrase inside the vault it is meant to recover.
For the first check, use a made-up username and password. When you are satisfied that you can reopen the vault, add the real login you want to keep there.
Find a password when you need it
Search by the entry’s title, username, or URL, then open the matching entry. Reveal the protected value when you need to inspect it. Use Copy when you want to paste it into the intended app or website.
Check the destination before pasting. If you are copying several credentials, finish with the correct entry rather than assuming the clipboard still contains the first value.
This guide uses manual reveal and copy. It does not assume a browser autofill extension, automatic password rotation, or that changing a stored value changes the actual account password. Update the account itself when that is your goal, then update the vault entry.
Keep software licence details nearby
A software licence can also fit this workflow. Use an App entry for a product account or a Secure Note for licence text and installation details. Give it a title you can recognize when you next reinstall the software.
Keep the secret in the protected value or secure-note body rather than in the title. You can store a small licence file as a File entry if the product supplies one. The vault stores what you add; it does not verify whether a licence remains valid.
Plan for recovery before you need it
The setup provides a 24-word recovery phrase. Keep it private and separate from the Mac. It is sensitive recovery material, not an ordinary note to paste into a chat.
Recovery also depends on retaining the vault’s data and required recovery files. A phrase alone cannot recreate a database that has been lost. Keep an appropriate backup of the app data and follow the recovery workflow if you need to move or restore it; copying only the database to a different machine is not the same as an ordinary unlock.
Save one credential in a place you can find again
Download OGAD for Mac, open Vault, and test one entry through a complete save-and-unlock cycle. Then use clear titles for the credentials you choose to store there. You get a local place to retrieve them without adding a cloud password-sync requirement.