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Quick Start

Get up and running with SyVault in under five minutes. This guide walks you through account creation, saving your first credential, and enabling two-factor authentication.

Free Trial

SyVault offers a 14-day free Enterprise trial with no credit card required. Every feature -- SSO, Secrets Manager, compliance reports, and more -- is unlocked from day one. Start at syvault.com/trial. Individual users can also use the Free plan indefinitely (1 vault, Travel Mode). See Trials for details.

1. Create Your Account​

Visit vault.syvault.com and click Create Account. Enter your email address, choose a strong master password (minimum 10 characters -- a passphrase of 5+ random words is recommended), and confirm it.

Zero-Knowledge Warning

SyVault cannot recover your master password. There is no "forgot password" flow, no support ticket, no backdoor. Write your master password on paper and store it in a physically secure location until you have committed it to memory.

Once you submit the form, SyVault derives your Master Key using Argon2id (64 MiB memory, 3 iterations, 4 parallel lanes), generates your Account Key, creates your default vault, and encrypts everything with AES-256-GCM. All of this happens locally in your browser before anything is sent to the server. Check your inbox for a verification email and click the link to confirm your account.

2. Set Your Master Password Hint (Optional)​

After verifying your email, log in and navigate to Settings > Security > Password Hint. Enter a hint that only you would understand. This hint is stored on the server and can be emailed to you if you forget your password -- but it should never contain the password itself.

3. Install the Browser Extension​

Open the extension store for your browser:

Search for SyVault, install, and pin the extension to your toolbar. Log in with the same account credentials you just created.

4. Save Your First Credential​

Navigate to any login page. The SyVault extension icon will highlight when it detects username and password fields. Click the extension icon and choose Save New Login. Fill in the site name (auto-detected), your username, and password, then click Save. The credential is encrypted locally with AES-256-GCM, wrapped under your vault key, and synced to the server as ciphertext.

Alternatively, open the web vault, click the + button in the sidebar, select Login, and enter the details manually.

5. Enable Two-Factor Authentication​

Navigate to Settings > Security > Two-Factor Authentication in the web vault:

  1. Click Enable TOTP.
  2. Scan the QR code with an authenticator app (Google Authenticator, Authy, or any TOTP-compatible app).
  3. Enter the six-digit code to confirm.
  4. Save the recovery codes in a secure physical location.
tip

For the strongest protection, pair TOTP with a hardware security key (FIDO2/WebAuthn) under Settings > Security > Security Keys.

You are now set up. Your passwords are encrypted end-to-end with AES-256-GCM, your master password never leaves your device, and your vault syncs securely across all your clients.