From c9b3b07edba42ddf629eb4b618cde2001dfb4041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "forkline-dev[bot]" Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2026 05:24:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add 'Why this fork?' section to README --- README.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cfdb394dd..e071ff7fc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ The passkey implementation is fully compatible with [pando85/passless](https://g [![CI](https://github.com/pando85/Android-Password-Store/actions/workflows/pull_request.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pando85/Android-Password-Store/actions) [![Release](https://github.com/pando85/Android-Password-Store/actions/workflows/release.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pando85/Android-Password-Store/releases) +## Why this fork? + +Passkey support alone is not the reason this fork exists — the [agrahn fork](https://github.com/agrahn/Android-Password-Store) also has passkeys, and they were implemented independently with different design choices. + +The goal of this fork is **cross-platform interoperability with [passless](https://github.com/pando85/passless)**: Android and Linux share the same encrypted credential format and the same Git-backed `pass` store, so a credential created on one platform works on the other. The agrahn fork uses a different passkey encoding that is not compatible with passless by default. + +For the full history and technical details, see [issue #169](https://github.com/pando85/Android-Password-Store/issues/169). + ## Download - [GitHub Releases](https://github.com/pando85/Android-Password-Store/releases)