Pixel Pass

A password manager that securely stores passwords in images!

Built during the 2026 UQCS hackathon

Pixel Pass! A password manager the securely stores your passwords in images! Pixel Pass uses AES to encrypt passwords which are stored in images using steganography.

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Running the application: This application requires the following:
electron 41.x +
python3 +
npm

Installation instructions:

1. download the codebase into a folder
2. start up a python virtual environment (posix systems: python3 -m venv ven)
3. run pip install -r requirements.txt NOTE: you must be in the root folder for the project, ie the one that has requirements.txt
4. go to the elelectron (yes that's how it's spelt) folder and run the following:
5. run npm i (initialises the app)
6. run npm start
7. the application should work

NOTE: if you would like to reset the app please

1. remove backend/config.json
2. remove backend/images OR the folder you have the images stored in

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Pixel Pass team:

Tim, Jayden, Zwe, Aki, Ash