Quick context: Spent years inside enterprise delivery seeing the same pattern. AI pilot works. Demo gets standing ovation. Then six months later it's still 'in review.'
We kept hitting the same walls:
- Cloud-only platforms couldn't pass on-prem compliance for BFSI and healthcare clients
- Lightweight tools were great for demos but couldn't survive a real audit
I'm Dakota, a solo iOS developer (day job: IT/security, managing identity for a multi-property company). I built GestureVault because I was tired of PINs that anyone could shoulder-surf and biometrics I didn't want stored anywhere.
What it does: Instead of a PIN or Face ID, you unlock GestureVault with a custom gesture you design yourself, finger-count combos, swipe patterns, or a mix of both. Inside, it stores photos, notes, and passwords, all encrypted locally with Keychain and CryptoKit. No cloud, no account, nothing to leak.
What's new: We just shipped an Apple Watch companion app that holds your TOTP (2FA) codes. Unlock it by rotating the digital crown in your own sequence, like an old combination lock, then confirm with your watch passcode. Your codes are right on your wrist, no digging through your phone mid-login.
Hey Product Hunt community I ve been building PaperLocal: https://paperlocal.app
It s a private-by-default workspace for everyday PDF tasks. Your files stay on your device and are processed locally in the browser rather than uploaded to a server.
I m building AI MANGA, a publishing and discovery platform for AI-assisted comics.
A creator can now upload a comic, translate the text inside the page images, and publish the completed version directly to the matching language edition. An English version becomes discoverable to English readers, while Spanish, Korean, French and other versions appear on their own localized surfaces.
The goal is to connect translation with distribution, rather than leaving creators with another exported file they still need to publish somewhere else.
AI MANGA supports 11 language editions. Reading and publishing the original-language work are free; image translation is optional.
I m building YOUTH X a social platform for creators and culture builders. The goal is simple: give emerging artists, rappers, producers, filmmakers, designers and other creators a place to showcase their work, discover people, and collaborate. I m currently working on the MVP and would love honest feedback from the Product Hunt community: What would make you actually use a platform like YOUTH X? What problem should we solve first? I m building this from the ground up and would really appreciate your thoughts.