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My new favourite password manager (keepass.info)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've always hated the idea of using a subscription/cloud hosting for password management. I feel like I should have a LOT more control over that stuff and I don't really want to hand all my keys over to a company.

All my secrets have been going in a highly encrypted archive with a long passphrase, but obviously that isn't convenient on all devices. It's been fine, I can open it on any computer but it's not super quick. It does have the advantage of being able to put in multiple files, notes, private keys but it's not ideal.

Anyway, finally found something that isn't subscription, and has a similar philosophy - a highly encrypted archive file, and it's open source and has heaps of clients including web browser plugins so it's usable anywhere, and you can sync the vault with any file sync you like.

Thought you guys might appreciate the find, password managers have always been a bit of a catch 22 for me.

Note for android i found keepassxc the best app, and i'm using KeePassHelper browser plugin, and the KeePassXc desktop app as well as the free official one. Apps all seem to be cross platform.

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I personally prefer bitwarden, using a self-hosted vaultwarden. It's free, it syncs, it's easy to use.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Passphrase generator, simplelogin/addy.io integration and sync.

This makes my life so much easier.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Same, and the apps work great.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to use keepassxc for years. Kept it synced with sync thing, though eventually work blocked networking with sync thing so I swapped to vaultwarden and never been happier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why sync your passwords from home with your work computer? Just keep them on your phone.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I could see it being tedious if you had to manually enter long, random string passwords regularly. Though I suppose you could change them to something easier to type. Ctrl+shift+L (bitwarden extension autofill shortcut) is just so much more convenient.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Why enter personal passwords on work computers so frequently?

This sounds like an underlying assumption of how time is being spent rather than a technical issue.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

25+ character passwords that change frequently, at least in my case.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I recently made the switch to Vaultwarden when I read a series of articles making predictions about passkeys and how they are lining up to replace passwords. Bitwarden apparently is ready to implement whatever standard becomes most popular and I had FOMO of being left behind if I stuck with keepass only. Previously I was using various keepass compatible apps and then syncing the KDBX database with my Nextcloud. (Vaultwarden is the selfhosted fork of Bitwarden)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Vaultwarden isnt a fork because bitwarden isn't selfhostable. Bitwarden has an official selfhosted version. Vaultwarden is a lightweight rust version of the backend. As the selfhosted version by bitwarden is quite fat. Vaultwarden uses the official webapp of the webvault in their fork.