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Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#34

Post by sondr3 »

Throughout the years I've tried most of the more popular ones on the market, some times forced via work and other times because I was curious.

- KeePassXC: tried this when I was looking for a self-hosted, open-source alternative to LastPass years ago. Was surprised at how well it worked, but syncing was too much of a hassle so I gave up fairly quickly.

- 1Password: my favorite of the bunch so far, great UI and UX, works seamlessly across all my devices with all the stuff I want and need: credit card info, logins, 2FA, automatic hidden email generation via Fastmail, easy sharing and family accounts work really well, CLI for use in scripts and now builtin SSH-key management. Not a huge fan of the subscription model, but probably the service I am most happy to pay for.

- LastPass: was forced to use this at my previous job, absolutely hated it. The UI and UX feels ten years behind 1Pass and Bitwarden, it's slow and not nearly as featureful as the alternatives. I switched from them when they were bought out by LogMeIn, but it doesn't look like the product has meaningfully changed since then.

- BitWarden: played around with this for a while, but didn't switch from 1Pass mostly because I am not willing to host something like this myself and it costs the same as 1Pass with less features and polish.

Personally, I would recommend 1Pass for a "it just works" and Bitwarden hosted yourself if you want the same but on your own premises via https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden.

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#35

Post by auxym »

aborsy wrote: post #25

KeepassXC is a thick client password manager. Password store might be even more secure. If you want “seamless sync of your secrets” by a trusted 3rd party with an online vault, well, then, Bitwarden or 1Password. But the architecture is roughly the same as that of lastpass (though they also encrypt URLs, and might have better KDF, and operational security). In particular, you should assume that 3-letter agencies snap…

I use Keepass(XC) across all my devices, windows, Linux and android.

I sync the DB with Nextcloud and encrypt with a combination of password and keyfile. The keyfile is a few KB of /dev/random and I only transfer it "offline" between devices (mostly over USB to/from my phone).

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#36

Post by nullify88 »

hcal wrote: post #19

I just use Firefox sync. It integrated with iOS and Android. You just install the app and use the system settings to set Firefox as the default password store for the system. It works in all apps, as far as I can tell. I wish it integrated with Linux& gnome a bit better, but I just work around that by bookmarking the browser link to the password page in Firefox. I trust Mozilla more than any random app that advertise…

Theres also the possibility of self hosting the sync server. Though it won't necessarily mean more secure, someone may sleep better at night.

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

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Post by tim333 »

sondr3 wrote: post #34

Throughout the years I've tried most of the more popular ones on the market, some times forced via work and other times because I was curious. - KeePassXC: tried this when I was looking for a self-hosted, open-source alternative to LastPass years ago. Was surprised at how well it worked, but syncing was too much of a hassle so I gave up fairly quickly. - 1Password: my favorite of the bunch so far, great UI and UX, wo…

Bitwarden has a free service that I've been using fine for a few years.

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#38

Post by loloquwowndueo »

nytesky wrote: post #32

I would love to use iCloud Keychain, but it doesn’t have extra fields, support OTP, or even really have a proper GUI. Rumor was Apple uses 1pass internally???

Keychain on iOS does support OATH TOTP out of the box.

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/automatically-fill-in...

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