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  <title>Vesta news</title>
  <link href="https://vesta.somnara.tech/"/>
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  <id>https://vesta.somnara.tech/</id>
  <updated>2026-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author><name>Vesta</name></author>
  <entry>
    <title>Password Manager is now Vesta</title>
    <link href="https://vesta.somnara.tech/news/#2026-11-04-vesta"/>
    <id>https://vesta.somnara.tech/news/#2026-11-04-vesta</id>
    <updated>2026-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The project has a name — Vesta — and a new address, vesta.somnara.tech. The web vault is at app.vesta.somnara.tech.</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Password Manager has a proper name now: &lt;strong&gt;Vesta&lt;/strong&gt;. The home page lives at
&lt;strong&gt;vesta.somnara.tech&lt;/strong&gt;, and the web vault at
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://app.vesta.somnara.tech&quot;&gt;app.vesta.somnara.tech&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your account and vault are unchanged — sign in at the new address with the
same username and master password.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The old pm.somnara.tech addresses redirect here, and Secure Send links made
before the move still open.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The desktop and phone apps are new installs under the new name: install
Vesta from the downloads above, sign in, and remove the old app. Turn
biometric unlock and autofill back on in the new one.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A new home page</title>
    <link href="https://vesta.somnara.tech/news/#2026-11-03-new-home"/>
    <id>https://vesta.somnara.tech/news/#2026-11-03-new-home</id>
    <updated>2026-11-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>pm.somnara.tech is now the project&#39;s home page, with downloads and news. The web vault moved to app.pm.somnara.tech.</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;pm.somnara.tech&lt;/strong&gt; is now the home page: downloads for every platform and
this news feed. The web vault has moved to its own address,
&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://app.pm.somnara.tech&quot;&gt;app.pm.somnara.tech&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your account and vault are unchanged — just sign in at the new address.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Secure Send links made before the move still open: they redirect to the new
address.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The desktop and phone apps keep working without an update.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Changes from other devices show up sooner</title>
    <link href="https://vesta.somnara.tech/news/#2026-10-23-sync-and-sign-in"/>
    <id>https://vesta.somnara.tech/news/#2026-10-23-sync-and-sign-in</id>
    <updated>2026-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Apps now sync when you come back to them, you can sync on demand, and the desktop app remembers your username.</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sync when you return.&lt;/strong&gt; Switch back to the app (or the browser tab) and it
fetches changes made on your other devices, if the last sync was more than a
minute ago.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sync on demand.&lt;/strong&gt; Pull down on the vault list on your phone, or choose
&lt;strong&gt;Sync now&lt;/strong&gt; from the menu on the web and desktop.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remembered username.&lt;/strong&gt; The desktop app and the website fill in your
username next time, so you only type your master password. Untick
&lt;em&gt;Remember username on this device&lt;/em&gt; to turn it off. Your master password is
never stored.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Add two-factor codes by scanning the QR code</title>
    <link href="https://vesta.somnara.tech/news/#2026-10-21-qr-codes"/>
    <id>https://vesta.somnara.tech/news/#2026-10-21-qr-codes</id>
    <updated>2026-10-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>No more typing long 2FA secrets — scan the setup QR code with your phone&#39;s camera, a screenshot, or a pasted image.</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;When a site shows a QR code to set up two-factor authentication, you can now
add it without typing the secret:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Phone:&lt;/strong&gt; tap &lt;strong&gt;Scan QR&lt;/strong&gt; next to the one-time code field, then use the
camera or pick a screenshot.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Web and desktop:&lt;/strong&gt; paste a screenshot of the code into the field (on a Mac,
⌃⇧⌘4 copies part of the screen), drop an image on it, or choose &lt;strong&gt;Scan QR&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The image is read on your device and never uploaded.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Also in this round: unlocking on iPhone is faster (the key derivation now runs
natively), and several layout fixes for small screens and the on-screen
keyboard on Android.&lt;/p&gt;
</content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Desktop apps for Mac and Windows</title>
    <link href="https://vesta.somnara.tech/news/#2026-10-08-desktop-apps"/>
    <id>https://vesta.somnara.tech/news/#2026-10-08-desktop-apps</id>
    <updated>2026-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Password Manager now runs as an app on macOS and Windows, with the same end-to-end encryption as the web vault.</summary>
    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Password Manager is now available as a desktop app for &lt;strong&gt;macOS&lt;/strong&gt; (Apple
silicon) and &lt;strong&gt;Windows&lt;/strong&gt;. It&amp;#39;s the same vault as the web version — everything
is still encrypted on your device before it&amp;#39;s synced — packaged as an app with
its own window and Dock/taskbar icon.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The builds aren&amp;#39;t code-signed yet, so the first time you open one your system
will ask you to confirm. See the download notes on the home page.&lt;/p&gt;
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