Tether Launches PearPass, a P2P Password Manager With No Cloud Servers
The open-source app keeps passwords on user devices using encrypted links, underscoring Tether’s move into decentralized, local-first security.
Overview
- PearPass is live as free software, with mobile apps, desktop versions, and a browser extension available for download.
- Credentials are stored only on user devices and synchronized directly between devices over encrypted peer-to-peer connections, removing centralized servers as a target.
- Account recovery relies on user-held keys similar to a non-custodial wallet, and the app includes a built-in password generator with end-to-end encryption.
- Tether says the codebase is fully open source and community-audited, and reports an independent security assessment by Secfault Security.
- The release is part of Tether’s Pear ecosystem alongside tools like Holepunch and Keet, with the design intended to keep working through outages by eliminating server dependencies.