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Hushfield
Encrypt Postgres fields and still search them, from your TypeScript ORM
- Score
- 43
- confidence 66
- Evidence
- 8
- items on the page
- Rivals
- 1
- named in sources
- First version
- 45 d
- estimate
- Type
- Desktop app
- PWA: runs in the browser, installs on Mac and Windows
- Market since
- 2022
- Emerging market · Verified
ScreensConcept
Desktop app: Developers configure encryption in schema code, run migrations, and monitor query costs and access logs—all keyboard-intensive work done at a desk. Sample screens on a computer, in the proposed brand. Their numbers are sample data.
Fields
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About this appAI proposal
Hushfield lets a TypeScript team encrypt sensitive columns in Postgres, such as emails, national IDs and notes, and still run exact-match lookups on them. You mark a field in your Prisma or Drizzle schema, run a migration, and the SDK encrypts on write and decrypts on read.
It is built for full-stack and backend developers who know they should not store this data in plain text but have no cryptographer on the team. The web console shows which fields are protected, which are not, and which service read what.
The difference is scope. Hushfield does one job: field-level encryption with search for Postgres and TypeScript, with a guided migration for existing rows, rather than a general security suite.
- Tagline
- Keep sensitive data quiet. Keep your queries working.
- Voice
- CalmPrecisePractical
- Why this name
- A hushed field: a database column that stays quiet to anyone reading the raw data, yet still answers your queries. Two plain words joined, easy to say.
In the first version
Members say which features they would use. It tells PWAS what people want; it changes no score.
Mark a field, get encryption
Add one annotation to a Prisma model or Drizzle column. The SDK handles encrypt, decrypt and the extra index columns.
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Exact-match search on encrypted data
Query by email or ID with your normal ORM filter. Lookups use a blind index, so plaintext never reaches the database.
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Backfill existing rows
Encrypt a live table in batches with progress, pause and resume, and a dry run first. No downtime window needed.
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Schema scanner
Scans your Postgres schema and suggests columns that look sensitive, such as emails, phone numbers and tokens.
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Brand identityAI proposal
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Keep sensitive data quiet. Keep your queries working.
PricingAI proposal
The material gives no competitor prices. These tiers are a starting point to test, in line with the freemium or usage-based model suggested for this opportunity.
Free
Free
- Up to 3 encrypted fields
- 1 project
- Schema scanner
- 7-day access log
Team
$49 a month
- Unlimited fields
- Backfill and key rotation
- 90-day access log and CSV export
- CI query check
Business
$299 a month
- Multiple projects
- Hardware-backed key option
- 1-year audit retention
- Priority support
What it could be worthEstimate
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If it makes
Worth about
$194,000
Sale range $132,000 to $263,000
$120,000 a year in revenue
From 87 software businesses listed and sold on Empire Flippers in the last year, revenue vetted by the broker: they sell for about 19× their monthly revenue, most between 13× and 26×.
Measured on profit, the middle deal is 32× monthly net profit: about 2.7 years of profit.
An estimate, not an offer or financial advice. A real price depends on profit, growth, churn, how much of the work is the owner's, and the buyer.
How it would growAI proposal
How the product would reach new customers through its own use, and how the first ones would be found. A plan to test, not a result.
- Built-in loop
- No loop in the product. Hushfield runs inside customers' back ends, and their end users never see it. It spreads through developer content, docs, open examples and word of mouth between engineers.
- Do they become customers?
- Exposure is minimal, so growth depends on sales and content. Test whether developers who find a guide on encrypting one Postgres field sign up and reach a paid plan.
- First customers
- Backend developers at TypeScript startups of 5 to 30 engineers using Postgres with Prisma or Drizzle, in health, HR or fintech apps that store personal identifiers.
- Where to reach them
- Developer communities: Post worked examples on Hacker News, Reddit and ORM Discord servers: encrypting an email column while keeping login lookups.
- Technical guides: Publish how-to articles on searchable encryption in Prisma and Drizzle, ending in the free tier.
- Direct outreach: Message CTOs of small health and fintech startups, offering a free assisted migration of one table.
- First milestone
- Five teams in one vertical encrypt a production field and three of them pay for the Team plan within 60 days.
Why people already pay for this
- VerifiedHacker News post received 17 points and 0 comments
- Public claimImplementing searchable encryption requires specialized engineering effort that is generally not worth the cost
- Public claimSetup and initial field encryption can be completed in approximately 15 minutes
- Public claimSearchable encryption queries are performant at the millisecond scale
- Public claim
Tech stack
Every proposal builds on the same PWA base, installable from the browser on any phone or computer. Dashed boxes are what this app adds.
- AppNext.js and TypeScript
- PWAManifest and service worker
- UITailwind CSS
- Data and authSupabase Postgres
- PaymentsStripe
- EmailResend
- HostingVercel
- This app · Client SDKTypeScript package for Prisma and DrizzleEncryption happens in the customer's app, so the SDK is the core product and needs its own release cycle.
- This app · CryptographyAudited libraries, AEAD and keyed hashField encryption and blind indexes must use reviewed primitives, not custom code.
RisksAI inference
- TechnicalBlind indexes only support exact match. Customers who expect partial, range or fuzzy search may be disappointed, and index design can leak patterns if done badly.
- CommercialTeams may decide that the effort is not worth it, as one public claim says, or that an established vendor is safer. Demand is unproven: the source post had 17 points and 0 comments.
- TechnicalBackfilling live production tables and rotating keys can cause data loss or downtime if there are bugs. Rollback and testing need heavy investment.
- RegulatoryBuyers may ask for audits or certifications before trusting a new security product. Wording about compliance must not promise more than the product delivers.
- PlatformORM internals in Prisma and Drizzle change between versions, so the integrations need ongoing upkeep.
Everything marked AI proposal or AI inference was written by a model from the evidence on the opportunity page. The proposed name must be checked against trademark registers before it is used.