1Password for Linux

yannoninator wrote: post #3

pjmlp wrote: post #2

Yes, it is yet another Electron app. https://github.com/1password/electron-hardener

yes but it uses rust so it's all fine.

Hacker News is gonna be torn on this one :)

Re: 1Password for Linux

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Post by ed25519FUUU » Tue, May 18, 2021, 2:06 PM UTC

Is this a subscription only feature?

Re: 1Password for Linux

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Post by throwaway894345 » Tue, May 18, 2021, 2:10 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #2

Yes, it is yet another Electron app. https://github.com/1password/electron-hardener

In fairness, Linux GUI toolkits suck a lot. I was a professional Qt developer in a past life and while it stands head and shoulders above GTK, that’s really not saying much.

I’ve often thought about making my own toolkit, but there’s so much that we forget about from things like focus to accessibility to text layout and rendering (much text has been rendered on why text rendering sucks). My hope is that Rust breathes new life into native (as opposed to electron) cross-platform GUIs, and indeed there are some interesting efforts underway.

Re: 1Password for Linux

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Post by VadimPR » Tue, May 18, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

This is fantastic and this is just about how you should do your Linux product.

Re: 1Password for Linux

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Post by ramboldio » Tue, May 18, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

Have used 1Password before they had a client on linux and I have to say: I'm very relived now that I can now authenticate with my system keyring and not by entering my master password into a browser extension.

(also much more convenient, can even use my fingerprint reader, if I wanted. On Linux!)

(should be a browser feature)

Re: 1Password for Linux

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Post by geodel » Tue, May 18, 2021, 2:12 PM UTC

pjmlp wrote: post #2

Yes, it is yet another Electron app. https://github.com/1password/electron-hardener

Kinda expected. Could be useful experiment in flutter-desktop. But it is far fetched for paid product.

Re: 1Password for Linux

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Post by benrbray » Tue, May 18, 2021, 2:13 PM UTC

throwaway894345 wrote: post #6

pjmlp wrote: post #2

Yes, it is yet another Electron app. https://github.com/1password/electron-hardener

In fairness, Linux GUI toolkits suck a lot. I was a professional Qt developer in a past life and while it stands head and shoulders above GTK, that’s really not saying much. I’ve often thought about making my own toolkit, but there’s so much that we forget about from things like focus to accessibility to text layout and rendering (much text has been rendered on why text rendering sucks). My hope is that Rust breathes…

Yup. Many people including myself are waiting for a viable Electron alternative to emerge, but until then Electron is leagues ahead of the rest. React Native is a missed opportunity for true cross-platform UI, but they chose not to support Linux. I'm keeping an eye on Tauri [1].

[1] https://tauri.studio/en/