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Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

#12

Post by amanzi »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #4
amanzi wrote: post #2

I've been using this for the last few months and couldn't be happier. I use the browser extensions in Firefox, Chrome and Edge, as well as the desktop, Android and web apps.

How does it compare to KeePassXC and 1Password?

I found KeePassXC to be fairly clunky and didn't work well on Android with regards to autofilling forms, but that was a while back and it may have improved since then. Also with Bitwarden I've elected to have them host my encrypted passwords so I don't need to worry about setting up my own sync provider. I don't know much about 1Password but I didn't trust them to put too much effort into their Android app since they were predominantly an Apple shop.

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

#14

Post by toomuchtodo »

amanzi wrote: post #12
toomuchtodo wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does it compare to KeePassXC and 1Password?

I found KeePassXC to be fairly clunky and didn't work well on Android with regards to autofilling forms, but that was a while back and it may have improved since then. Also with Bitwarden I've elected to have them host my encrypted passwords so I don't need to worry about setting up my own sync provider. I don't know much about 1Password but I didn't trust them to put too much effort into their Android app since they…

Thank you!

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

#15

Post by albertop »

First paragraph on their page disqualifies it completely. I do not want my passwords on anybody’s servers.

Our secure cloud syncing features allow you to access your data from anywhere, on any device! Your vault is conveniently optimized for use on desktop, laptop, tablet, and phone devices.

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

#16

Post by tylerhou »

dorfsmay wrote: post #6

Can you keep the database on a local disk, Dropbox etc?

https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs is an api-compatible backend and uses SQLite as a database engine. You can also build it outside of Docker. I'm not sure how well SQLite binary files sync to Dropbox, but definitely you can run on local disk.

source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17504187

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

#17

Post by ReverseCold »

albertop wrote: post #15

First paragraph on their page disqualifies it completely. I do not want my passwords on anybody’s servers. Our secure cloud syncing features allow you to access your data from anywhere, on any device! Your vault is conveniently optimized for use on desktop, laptop, tablet, and phone devices.

> I do not want my passwords on anybody’s servers.

What about your own server?

https://help.bitwarden.com/article/install-on-premise/

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

#18

Post by FuckOffNeemo »

amanzi wrote: post #12
toomuchtodo wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does it compare to KeePassXC and 1Password?

I found KeePassXC to be fairly clunky and didn't work well on Android with regards to autofilling forms, but that was a while back and it may have improved since then. Also with Bitwarden I've elected to have them host my encrypted passwords so I don't need to worry about setting up my own sync provider. I don't know much about 1Password but I didn't trust them to put too much effort into their Android app since they…

Their (1Password) Android app is great. As you pointed out though, iOS always gets the UI\UX benefits first because they're focused predominately on the Apple eco.

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

#19

Post by Semaphor »

amanzi wrote: post #12
toomuchtodo wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does it compare to KeePassXC and 1Password?

I found KeePassXC to be fairly clunky and didn't work well on Android with regards to autofilling forms, but that was a while back and it may have improved since then. Also with Bitwarden I've elected to have them host my encrypted passwords so I don't need to worry about setting up my own sync provider. I don't know much about 1Password but I didn't trust them to put too much effort into their Android app since they…

> didn't work well on Android with regards to autofilling forms

Works pretty well, I use "Keepass2Android Password Safe" and it supports the newest APIs to enable fully automatic filling once you tell it which app belongs to which account. For syncing I use my own nextcloud server.

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