Ask HN: Recommend Password Manager

#1

Post by TadaScientist » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 8:43 AM UTC

Hello,

I have been postponing moving to a managed password service for a long time, the results have not been catastrophic but I've played the odds long enough.

Lastpass and 1password are often recommended. I am happy to pay an one-off fee but a monthly subscription service is a no-go for me. I would also prefer to have the option to switch off syncing and my hashed passwords going to the cloud. I don't have time to go in full homebrew mode as others seemed to have done.

So what do you guys recommend? Is there a site that compares these products?

Re: Ask HN: Recommend Password Manager

#2

Post by kevingrahl » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 9:12 AM UTC

I’m using Bitwarden [1] and am happy with their product.

It’s open source and you can self-host it quite easily if you don’t want to use their cloud. They do have a free tier and a premium one for $10/year.

It’s been a while since I set it up but if I remember correctly I didn’t like the official implementation due to performance reasons and am now using bitwarden_rs [2] instead.

[1] - https://bitwarden.com/

[2] - https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs/blob/master/READ...

Re: Ask HN: Recommend Password Manager

#3

Post by BackwardSpy » Fri, Apr 05, 2019, 9:17 AM UTC

kevingrahl wrote: post #2

I’m using Bitwarden [1] and am happy with their product. It’s open source and you can self-host it quite easily if you don’t want to use their cloud. They do have a free tier and a premium one for $10/year. It’s been a while since I set it up but if I remember correctly I didn’t like the official implementation due to performance reasons and am now using bitwarden_rs [2] instead. [1] - https://bitwarden.com/ [2] - ht…

Seconding Bitwarden. I moved to it from LastPass a while ago and I'm glad I did. It's simple and easy to use, open source, and they keep improving it.