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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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Post by hanklazard »

afavour wrote: post #37
fy20 wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do this, works perfectly for sharing common passwords among my family (streaming services and utilities mainly). I moved from 1Password, and my main gripe with Bitwarden are the apps aren't as polished. If it's not too expensive I'd consider switching back (1Password family is $60 per year, so I assume this will be less).

I had the exact same experience. I don’t want to care about the app UI etc but when you use a password manager as often as you do it really matters. Not to mention selling the idea to less tech-savvy family members, it really does have to be as simple as can be.

I self-host Bitwarden_rs and use the client apps on Windows, Linux, and MacOS. To me, the UI seems very usable, polished and attractive. It doesn’t seem that different from 1Password, which I switched from a few years ago. What exactly about the UI needs improvement?

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

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Post by afavour »

hanklazard wrote: post #41
afavour wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had the exact same experience. I don’t want to care about the app UI etc but when you use a password manager as often as you do it really matters. Not to mention selling the idea to less tech-savvy family members, it really does have to be as simple as can be.

I self-host Bitwarden_rs and use the client apps on Windows, Linux, and MacOS. To me, the UI seems very usable, polished and attractive. It doesn’t seem that different from 1Password, which I switched from a few years ago. What exactly about the UI needs improvement?

The mobile apps were the primary problem for me. Regrettably it was long enough ago that I can’t remember all the details but I’m pretty sure at the time it didn’t support TouchID for one.

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

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Post by Cosmin_C »

AnonC wrote: 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…

Previous 1Password user here. Switched to KeePass, still figuring out the ins and outs, but looks quite nice in the options it provides.

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

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Post by tqkxzugoaupvwqr »

AnonC wrote: 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…

Are you saying there is as standalone version of 1Password 7? Does it support vault sync via iCloud?

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

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Post by geerlingguy »

tqkxzugoaupvwqr wrote: post #45
AnonC wrote: 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…

Are you saying there is as standalone version of 1Password 7? Does it support vault sync via iCloud?

I use it with a vault synced via Dropbox. I'd never given their subscription service a second thought. Didn't realize it was so hard to buy that option.

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

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Post by clajiness »

soziawa wrote: post #23

A direct link to the announcement post and the survey / announcement signup: https://1password.community/discussion/comment/604038/#Comme... After hiding the standalone license this would put a lot of trust back into 1Password.

Thank you for the link!

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

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Post by mpalmer »

dijit wrote: post #31
soziawa wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does Electron in name only mean? Either electron is included or it isn't. Whether you are using Rust through native bindings or through WebAssembly does not really matter does it?

90% of the functionality is written in rust components and the UI is a very slim wrapper around those APIs; it seems. And even then it looks like the JS is WASM compiled from rust. It’s not implemented in JavaScript/typescript is what I mean. As such it seems to be lean on my system.

If it is Electron, I don't think you can credibly call an entire Chromium instance a "very slim wrapper".
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