Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything

Posted by alentodorov 12/21/2025

Show HN: WalletWallet – create Apple passes from anything(walletwallet.alen.ro)

I got my Apple developer certificate and built a simple app to solve a problem I had. One shop I buy from doesn't have Apple Wallet passes. Since you need signed certificates to build these very simple things, I created a minimal app that signs them. It's available if you need it too. It won't scan cards with AI - you manually enter the barcode, which I think makes it less prone to error.

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emodendroket 12/21/2025|

I don’t think I fully understand the use case for this. What would you use the card for?

ms7m 12/21/2025||

A personal use case: my local gym that issues only physical barcode cards -- I used a different app (similar in this style) that allowed me keep it on my apple watch / iPhone instead

emodendroket 12/21/2025||

I see, so this is specifically you have a physical, eg, loyalty card that has a barcode, and you want to use the Apple Wallet?

alentodorov 12/21/2025||

my use case is a loyalty barcode for a major retailer here. they provided a digital version but you had to download their app or take a picture. apple wallet is convenient, u just double tap and the Wallet loads on screen with full brightness to make it easy to scan. i dont have to keep anymore.

but on apple wallet u can't create your own a pass from a simple scan. creatign the ".pkpass" need a signature from a apple developer account.

wlonkly 12/22/2025||

I have my library card in Apple Wallet so I don't need to bother with the actual card.

StrLght 12/21/2025||

That's very useful, thanks!

One small-ish feature request: could you please add support for EAN-8?

toobulkeh 12/21/2025||

I immediately tried this with my Seattle Orca card, but the barcode is different

Daneel_ 12/22/2025|

Try Pass4Wallet. It has a long list of supported barcode types and it's free, so win-win.

I'm not affiliated, I've just found it to be very flexible over a few years of using it.

jimkleiber 12/21/2025||

Maybe a dumb question: if I'm entering a QR code, which info do i put in?

hopelite 12/21/2025|

That will vary. It can technically include any text up to a limit, but most likely it will be a URI, but it could be as simple as and account number. You would want to decode the QR (you can likely do that using your phone camera) and that would be the data to enter.

Ideally this tool would simply use the camera to capture the visual code (bar, QR, etc.) and enter it/replicate it.

alentodorov 12/21/2025||

agree. implemented QR code scanning using the great html5-qrdecode package so scanning happens locally.

cdong 12/22/2025||

Thanks for making this, I just used it for gym stuff

viiralvx 12/21/2025||

This is amazing, thank you! Works with Google Wallet too!

exandr 12/21/2025||

Great job! What are you using on the backend?

alentodorov 12/23/2025|

Thanks. Decided on a CF worker to keep costs low.

exandr 12/23/2025||

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noja 12/22/2025||

How are you signing the pass in my browser?

shantanulume 12/21/2025||

This is great am I weird for wanting an app?

alentodorov 12/22/2025|

so not only me! 8K passes generated since the show hn post.

mythoughtsexact 12/22/2025|

Cool, so 8k stolen passes!

People have zero f'ing reasoning skills, I swear.