A QUIETER KIND OF PROTECTION
A little fortress for the things you copy.
Bastion catches secrets and clears tracking links, quietly from your Mac’s menu bar.
Made for macOS 14+ · Apple silicon
SMALL APP. THOUGHTFUL DEFAULTS.
Privacy shouldn’t be another task on your list. Bastion fits into the moments between copy and paste.
API keys, access tokens, private keys, and passwords in connection strings. Get a quiet heads-up, or choose to mask them on the clipboard.
Strip common tracking parameters from copied links. Keep the parts that make the link work, like an article ID or a search query.
STRAIGHT FROM THE MAC APP
A familiar Mac interface, with the choices that matter. Here’s a look inside the current Bastion beta.
Choose a notification or clipboard masking, and keep warnings quiet in the apps where copying keys is part of your work.
Try a link in Settings. See the clean destination and the tracking parameters Bastion removed, before changing what’s on your clipboard.
Actual screenshots from the Mac beta. Link example uses fictional sample data.
A SMALL CHANGE. A BETTER COPY.
Take a look at two everyday examples. Same useful content. Fewer things you didn’t mean to send.
Interactive illustration using fictional examples.
THE INTELLIGENCE INSIDE
Meet Rampart Edge, made by
National Design Studio.
Bastion’s personal-information engine uses Rampart Edge to help identify names, addresses, and other personal details in context. It runs locally on your Mac, alongside pattern checks and your own private Your Info list.
The engine is built into BastionCore. Text-redaction and screenshot-scrubbing workflows are still in development.
Explore the Rampart Edge modelThe people, places, and details you choose.
Recognizable formats. Validated details.
Personal information, understood in context.
Rampart Edge model and validators by National Design Studio.
Released under CC0 1.0. Bastion is an independent application.
A FEW THINGS TO KNOW
The current Mac app watches for copied secrets, cleans tracking parameters from copied links, supports undo, and includes a private Your Info list. Text redaction and screenshot scrubbing are planned features; they are not yet part of the app’s finished workflow.
Clipboard checks and the personal-information engine run on your Mac. Bastion has no analytics or telemetry. Optional update checks are its only network use; the update server can see your IP address and app version, but never your clipboard contents.
Bastion is built for macOS 14 or later on Apple silicon: M1 and newer. There is no Intel build. It is designed for direct distribution, outside the Mac App Store.
Clipboard protection needs clipboard access. On macOS versions that ask, choose Always Allow for ongoing protection. Notifications and importing your own Contacts card are optional. The app does not use Accessibility, Input Monitoring, or Screen Recording permissions.
Yes. When Bastion changes your clipboard, it keeps the original in memory for a short, adjustable window—60 seconds by default. Choose Restore Original from the menu bar to bring it back. The held original is erased when that window ends.
BASTION FOR MAC · IN DEVELOPMENT
A native menu bar companion for the things you copy and share.
Built for macOS 14+ on Apple silicon.
The beta is being prepared for direct Mac distribution.
A signed public installer is not available here yet.