Hemmelig is available at https://hemmelig.app
You enter https://hemmelig.app, write your sensitive information, expire time, optional password, and click create a secret link. You share the secret link. The receiver of the link opens it, writes the optional password, and retrieves the sensitive information.
When a secret link is created, it gets its unique decryption key that is not saved to the database and only will be part of the URL. This is how the encryption works: encrypt(DATA, YOUR_UNIQUE_ENCRYPTION_KEY)
. The encryption of the text and files is done in the client; this means the server will get the encrypted information, and nothing in clear text.
Hemmelig strongly advice you to ue the tagged docker images as the main branch will have breaking changes now and then. For Hemmelig versions supporting Redis, use <= v4.4.0.
Supported docker platforms: amd/64
, arm/64
.
If you have to follow some sort of compliance, and have to self-host, https://hemmelig.app is available as a docker image. The following is the bare minimum to run the docker image.
mkdir -p data/hemmelig database
chown 1000:1000 data/hemmelig database
docker run -p 3000:3000 -d --name=hemmelig \
-v ./data/hemmelig/:/var/tmp/hemmelig/upload/files \ # For the file uploads
-v ./database/:/home/node/hemmelig/database/ \ # For the sqlite database
hemmeligapp/hemmelig:v5.19.4
Alternatively you can use docker-compose:
# fetch docker-compose.yml
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HemmeligOrg/Hemmelig.app/main/docker-compose.yml
# create volumes directories
mkdir -p data/hemmelig database
# set permissions (Node user has UID 1000 within the container)
chown 1000:1000 data/hemmelig database
# start hemmelig
docker-compose up -d
# stop containers
docker-compose down
Have a look at the Dockerfile for a full example of how to run this application.
Hemmelig can be used as a CLI to create secrets on the fly!
# Pipe data to hemmelig
cat mysecretfile | npx hemmelig
# For the documentaiton
npx hemmelig --help
ENV vars | Description | Default |
---|---|---|
SECRET_LOCAL_HOSTNAME |
The local hostname for the fastify instance | 0.0.0.0 |
SECRET_PORT |
The port number for the fastify instance | 3000 |
SECRET_HOST |
Used for i.e. set cors/cookies to your domain name | "" |
SECRET_MAX_TEXT_SIZE |
The max text size for the secret. Is set in kb. i.e. 256 for 256kb. | 256 |
SECRET_JWT_SECRET |
Override this for the secret signin JWT tokens for log in | good_luck_have_fun |
SECRET_ROOT_USER |
Override this for the root account username | groot |
SECRET_ROOT_PASSWORD |
This is the root password, override it with your own password | iamgroot |
SECRET_ROOT_EMAIL |
This is the root email, override it with your own email | groot@hemmelig.app |
SECRET_FILE_SIZE |
Set the total allowed upload file size in mb. | 4 |
SECRET_FORCED_LANGUAGE |
Set the default language for the application. | en |
SECRET_UPLOAD_RESTRICTION |
Set the restriction for uploads to signed in users | "true" |
SECRET_RATE_LIMIT_MAX |
The maximum allowed requests each time frame | 1000 |
SECRET_RATE_LIMIT_TIME_WINDOW |
The time window for the requests before being rate limited in seconds | 60 |
SECRET_DO_SPACES_ENDPOINT |
The Digital Ocean Spaces/AWS s3 endpoint | "" |
SECRET_DO_SPACES_KEY |
The Digital Ocean Spaces/AWS s3 key | "" |
SECRET_DO_SPACES_SECRET |
The Digital Ocean Spaces/AWS s3 secret | "" |
SECRET_DO_SPACES_BUCKET |
The Digital Ocean Spaces/AWS s3 bucket name | "" |
SECRET_DO_SPACES_FOLDER |
The Digital Ocean Spaces/AWS s3 folder for the uploaded files | "" |
SECRET_AWS_S3_REGION |
The Digital AWS s3 region | "" |
SECRET_AWS_S3_KEY |
The Digital AWS s3 key | "" |
SECRET_AWS_S3_SECRET |
The Digital AWS s3 secret | "" |
SECRET_AWS_S3_BUCKET |
The Digital AWS s3 bucket name | "" |
SECRET_AWS_S3_FOLDER |
The Digital AWS s3 folder for the uploaded files | "" |
Have a look at the public/locales/
folder.
npm install
# Start the frontend/backend
npm run dev
# http://0.0.0.0:3001
Hemmelig has changed from using Redis as an backend to sqlite. Here we are using Prisma, and the sqlite file is available here:
/database/hemmelig.db
. Have a look at the docker-compose file for how to handle the database.
Admins have access to adjust certain settings in Hemmelig. If you go to the account -> instance settings, you can see all the settings.
We also have different roles.
The difference here is that if you i.e. set Hemmelig to be in read only mode, only admin
and creator
is allowed to create secrets, but non signed in users, and users with the role user
can only view them.
Admins are also allowed to create new users in the settings. This is great if you want to limit who your users are by the disable user account creation
setting.
Feel free to contribute to this repository. Have a look at CONTRIBUTION.md for the guidelines.
If this errors occur on the first run of your hemmelig instance, this means there are some issues with the ownership of the files/directory for the database.
Datasource "db": SQLite database "hemmelig.db" at "file:../database/hemmelig.db"
Error: Migration engine error:
SQLite database error
unable to open database file: ../database/hemmelig.db
If you have any issues with uploading files for your instance, you will need the following as well:
Here is an example of how you would solve that:
sudo chown -R username.group /home/username/data/
sudo chown -R username.group /home/username/database/