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1password is considering a self-hosted option to store vaults

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Re: 1password is considering a self-hosted option to store vaults

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I'm absolutely loving 1Password. The Kubernetes Operator is slick and painless. Syncs with 1Password and stuffs the passwords in standard Kubernetes Secrets, meaning anyone can understand what's going on versus something like say Vault.

Is this using the m2m API they recently introduced? Where you host a kind of API shim in your infrastructure? To me the pricing of it seems pretty steep if you want to give each service it’s own key?

Re: 1password is considering a self-hosted option to store vaults

#12

Semi-related: this survey was announced alongside 1Password 8 for Windows early access. Apparently 1Password 8 for Windows uses Electron and there was some discussion about AgileBits wanting to move to the same architecture on all platforms. Does anyone know if 1Password 8 on macOS will also be an Electron app? Their Linux Electron app is pretty good and definitely much better than having no 1Password at all. However…

This would be a real shame. My only complaint about 1Password is occasional performance blips and slowdowns. Which seem to have been getting worse over time (along with unreliable browser integration). I can’t see how moving to electron on Mac would help that…

Re: 1password is considering a self-hosted option to store vaults

#13
They made the standalone license almost impossible to find and get, forced a subscription on users, and made the password vault storage online for the subscriptions. Now this self-hosting survey comes as a surprise, and it would be of some relief if/when it’s implemented.

I do wonder how the licensing and pricing will be handled though.

Bitwarden officially allows self-hosting for the personal use tiers, but it seems to have some license purchase requirements even for the self-hosted options (other than the free tier).

Is there any password management application out there that makes sharing passwords or password vaults easy but is also free? I’ve looked at KeePassXC and Bitwarden. The former isn’t easy to use for sharing and sharing permissions. The latter doesn’t offer sharing among more than two people in the free tier.

Re: 1password is considering a self-hosted option to store vaults

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post #13

They made the standalone license almost impossible to find and get, forced a subscription on users, and made the password vault storage online for the subscriptions. Now this self-hosting survey comes as a surprise, and it would be of some relief if/when it’s implemented. I do wonder how the licensing and pricing will be handled though. Bitwarden officially allows self-hosting for the personal use tiers, but it seems…

You can self-host vaultwarden (formerly bitwarden_rs), which gives full enterprise functionality.

Re: 1password is considering a self-hosted option to store vaults

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Semi-related: this survey was announced alongside 1Password 8 for Windows early access. Apparently 1Password 8 for Windows uses Electron and there was some discussion about AgileBits wanting to move to the same architecture on all platforms. Does anyone know if 1Password 8 on macOS will also be an Electron app? Their Linux Electron app is pretty good and definitely much better than having no 1Password at all. However…

I have heard that Linux was the start, Windows is the next one to get the Electron treatment, and Mac is next.

But the linux 1Password program is "electron" in name only; it's actually some kind of Rust program; I'm not 100% sure how it works but it's definitely compiled with cargo.

Re: 1password is considering a self-hosted option to store vaults

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post #6

When I was evaluating which password manager to use I instantly favoroud 1password, but not having the possibility to self host my data was non-negotiable for me. I will definitely stay up to date whether this really comes or not.

What’s wrong with their hosting?

I’m happy that I don’t have to manage a hardened up-to-date server just for this.

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