🔐 Secure Vault Lite

Secure Vault Lite is a lightweight, browser-based tool for encrypting and decrypting text-based files — no server required.

Built using only HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, it enables:

• 📂 File upload (TXT-based)
• 🔐 AES encryption using CryptoJS
• ⬇️ In-browser encryption & decryption
• ✅ File download post-encryption/decryption

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🚀 Features

• ✅ AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) — Password-protected
• ✅ 100% Client-side — Works offline
• ✅ Lightweight and easy to use
• ✅ No dependencies beyond CryptoJS
• ✅ No installation — Just open index.html

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📸 Screenshot

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🛠️ How to Use

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-username/secure-vault-lite.git

2. Open the app:

   Open index.html in your preferred browser.

3. Encrypt or Decrypt:

   • Upload a .txt file
   • Enter a password
   • Click "Encrypt" or "Decrypt" to process your file

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🔧 Tech Stack

• HTML5
• CSS3
• JavaScript (Vanilla)
• CryptoJS

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📁 Folder Structure

secure-vault-lite/
├── index.html           # Main UI page
├── script.js            # Core logic
├── style.css            # App styling
├── crypto-js.min.js     # CryptoJS encryption library
└── assets/
    └── screenshot.png   # UI preview

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🧠 Why This Project?

Secure Vault Lite was built to showcase secure file encryption on the client side — ideal for:

• 🪖 Military/field operations needing offline tools
• 🕵️ Journalists or activists with sensitive data
• 🧑‍💻 Personal file security & privacy enthusiasts

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🛡️ Security Disclaimer

This project demonstrates basic cryptographic concepts using AES. While CryptoJS is widely used, do not use this tool for handling sensitive, classified, or high-stakes data without professional review and certified encryption practices.

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📄 License

MIT License — Use, modify, and distribute freely.

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👤 Author

Kailuha Michalakis
Application Developer & Security Enthusiast
GitHub: @stacksurfer-dev

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