Digital Gun Vault

How-to documentation

Digital Gun Vault docs.

Start with the current Windows and macOS desktop guides. These pages describe the active pre-release builds for the current validation cycle.

Preview

Windows

Create encrypted vaults, add firearms and accessories, manage safes, attach paperwork, import Excel files, and export reports.

Open Windows guide
Preview

macOS

Open encrypted vaults, organize firearms by safe/location, attach photos and paperwork, use Touch ID convenience unlock, and export reports.

Open macOS guide

Desktop preview

Current app screens with sample data.

The desktop guides now include visual previews of the inventory, accessory, photo, and paperwork workflows using sample vault data.

Sample Digital Gun Vault desktop firearm inventory screen

Security reference

Read the vault security model.

Learn how Digital Gun Vault protects `.dgv` files with authenticated encryption, password hardening, and explicit warnings around plaintext exports.

Open security page

Security workflow PDF

Plain-English security and update workflow.

A printable guide for users and testers covering vault unlocks, recovery, attachments, exports, update prompts, and release channels.

Download PDF

Release operations

Understand nightly, beta, and release builds.

The project uses guarded promotion workflows to move commits from main to nightly validation, then beta testing, then release-candidate validation. Each promotion starts the matching platform build, publishes Azure update fragments when enabled, and keeps public preview pages aligned with the shared release metadata record. Beta handoffs record exact commit and build numbers in Linear before tester distribution.

Open channel guide

Technical documents

Shared engineering references.

These project documents are maintained in the shared repository and describe the compatibility, security, and release rules used by the Windows and macOS apps.

  • Security baseline Threat model, vault encryption, recovery password handling, biometrics, local unlock cache, exports, and backups.
  • Vault format Versioned `.dgv` file structure and compatibility expectations for platform apps.
  • Release channels Nightly, beta, and release branch policy plus promotion checklist.
  • Update architecture Website manifest, Azure package host, platform fragments, and direct install behavior.
  • Security workflow PDF Plain-English guide to vault unlocks, exports, attachments, app updates, and release channels.
  • Engineering audit report Human-readable PDF from the performance, UX, and security review passes.