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🪽 GitHub Tool: LastSignal

LastSignal is an open-source, self-hosted dead man's switch designed to automatically deliver encrypted messages to selected recipients if you become unresponsive.

The system sends periodic email check-ins. If repeated check-ins are missed, it progresses through reminders, can notify a trusted contact, and eventually releases the configured messages.

The repo currently has 716 GitHub stars.

Key features include:

• End-to-end encrypted messages
• Zero-knowledge architecture
• Self-hosted deployment
• Configurable check-in intervals
• Multiple reminder attempts
• Trusted contact verification
• Recipient-specific delivery delays
• Optional machine-to-machine keep-alive webhook
• Argon2id + XChaCha20-Poly1305 + X25519 cryptography
• Docker and Kamal deployment support

🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/giovantenne/lastsignal

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