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Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Post by Karoma »

clubm8 wrote: post #137
ohthehugemanate wrote: post #77

I switched from LastPass to bitwarden in November, and I love it. - it's FOSS, and audited, so it's software I can trust - great UX on Firefox, chrome, and even Edge. I had my issues, but the project improved them away very quickly. - sharing support for families or organizations. - convenient standalone clients for win/Mac/Linux... And even the CLI. - built in 2FA code generation for each entry, so I don't need a se…

Can it import Keepass DBs? I dread retyping all my passwords.

Yes: export the Keepass content (XML/CSV?)- then Import on Bitwarden.

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Post by yyx »

unethical_ban wrote: post #130
ReverseCold wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I do not want my passwords on anybody’s servers. What about your own server? https://help.bitwarden.com/article/install-on-premise/

I had considered setting it up until I saw that SQL Server won't start unless the container has 2G of RAM. That quadruples the price of a VM on hosting providers from the usual minimum. What is essentially a small CRUD app with encryption requirements shouldn't need 2G just for a database app.

https://github.com/vvondra/bitwarden-serverless

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Post by chme »

ohthehugemanate wrote: post #77

I switched from LastPass to bitwarden in November, and I love it. - it's FOSS, and audited, so it's software I can trust - great UX on Firefox, chrome, and even Edge. I had my issues, but the project improved them away very quickly. - sharing support for families or organizations. - convenient standalone clients for win/Mac/Linux... And even the CLI. - built in 2FA code generation for each entry, so I don't need a se…

How easy is it to move from one Bitwarden server to the next?

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Post by [deleted] »

LyndsySimon wrote: post #131
pmontra wrote: post #79

https://github.com/bitwarden/core/blob/master/README.md SQL Server 2017, really? Interesting choice. Open source but we have to pay licenses for the database if we want to self host. I wonder what was wrong with PostgreSQL or MySQL even if they're using .NET Core as a language. Edit: there is an issue for that https://github.com/bitwarden/core/issues/10

Having worked with many RDBMSs in the past, MSSQL is one of the very few that I would recommend for new installations. Basically, my flow chart for DB selection: Do you have an enterprise worth of money to burn on the deployment and maintenance? Oracle. Are you deploying to Windows? MSSQL. Else: Postgres.

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Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Post by ramses0 »

hashkb wrote: post #11
ramses0 wrote: post #3

https://www.passwordstore.org/

Can I take advantage of this on my mobile device or browser? Can I share with my team? It's not really apples to apples.

Dropbox. It's just files. Or make a company/webservice around it if that's too complicated.

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Post by tshannon »

widerporst wrote: post #61

I'm using KeepassXC on desktop, Keepass2Android on mobile and Dropbox for syncing the database and I'm quite happy with it. Bitwarden looks a bit more polished, but are there any other advantages over Keepass?

Same, and for accessing it over the web (for when I'm not on my own machine) I use keeweb (https://keeweb.info/)

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Post by creative-coder »

lhl wrote: post #39
keehun wrote: post #22

I really, really want to be a big fan of Bitwarden. I even used it for the past year and a half. However, the last time HN talked about Bitwarden 7 months ago, I listed some reasons[0] why Bitwarden still fell massively short of 1Password, and I feel that those three points have not been addressed (which I believe impacts the friction/convenience of using Bitwarden). My three points then were: 1. A stand-alone deskto…

I've been a 1Password user for about 10 years, but I never moved to 1Password 6, as I didn't want to sync my vault to their servers (even if it's E2E encrypted). I've moved from being primarily an OSX user to Linux, and as a result, my experience has progressively gotten worse enough on 1PW (broken FF extension, general jankiness running on Wine) that I'm finally looking switch off, either to KeePassXC or to Bitwarde…

share your sorrows regarding broken FF extension, most notably FT Deepdark. I haven't upgraded beyond FF 56 for same reason. (Sorry for deviating from main topic here)

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Post by eitland »

LyndsySimon wrote: post #131
pmontra wrote: post #79

https://github.com/bitwarden/core/blob/master/README.md SQL Server 2017, really? Interesting choice. Open source but we have to pay licenses for the database if we want to self host. I wonder what was wrong with PostgreSQL or MySQL even if they're using .NET Core as a language. Edit: there is an issue for that https://github.com/bitwarden/core/issues/10

Having worked with many RDBMSs in the past, MSSQL is one of the very few that I would recommend for new installations. Basically, my flow chart for DB selection: Do you have an enterprise worth of money to burn on the deployment and maintenance? Oracle. Are you deploying to Windows? MSSQL. Else: Postgres.

> Do you have an enterprise worth of money to burn on the deployment and maintenance? Oracle.

Even then I'd actively try to avoid it.

Source: three years installing, configuring and supporting it.

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Post by albertop »

cjh_ wrote: post #57
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.

The 'point' of solutions in this space is that they allow password access across devices. They use end-to-end encryption and support self hosting, what else could they do?

1Pasword for ages had ability to sync your computer and iDevices on the same WiFi network by opening direct connections. A bit more inconvenient than cloud base sync, but convenience was always death to security :-) Self hosting may be the answer.

Re: Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

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Post by unicornporn »

keehun wrote: post #22

I really, really want to be a big fan of Bitwarden. I even used it for the past year and a half. However, the last time HN talked about Bitwarden 7 months ago, I listed some reasons[0] why Bitwarden still fell massively short of 1Password, and I feel that those three points have not been addressed (which I believe impacts the friction/convenience of using Bitwarden). My three points then were: 1. A stand-alone deskto…

> 1. A stand-alone desktop app. Quite annoying to have to open up a browser every time I want to access a password.

It looks like the have a native desktop app for Win/Mac/Lin? https://bitwarden.com/#download

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