I see lots of people deriding LastPass... just wondering what exactly Bitwarden or 1Password do better? I find LastPass a bit clunky at times, and once or twice a year it won't actually save a password, but seems ok in general?
Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
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Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
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Personally a happy user of 1Password. Reasons being: - "It just works" for me and my non-tech-family - It's only $50/year Maybe BitWarden is just as good or better. But why take the gamble and migrate everything and everyone, when I have multiple happy 1P users for a low yearly cost?
I wouldn't consider 4 $ per month a low cost for a password manager
I’ve used 1Password for years, and I think the price is very reasonable.
For a program I use every day, which is well made and has pretty good UX, the price is in line with other utilities I pay for.
Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
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I've found the multi device syncing easier and the integration with iOS works very well.
This was my reason to go away from KeePass(XC) with NextCloud for sync. I would inevitably run into a sync issues (also due to the need for NextCloud to be always up of course, also self-hosted) and I never found a nice way to integrate KeePassXC into android or iOS, Bitwarden just works, on any OS (allthough what I find annoying is that you have to sync the vault before you get new stuff by going into the app and sy…
> I would inevitably run into a sync issues
Could it be that you weren't using it correctly? KeePass database files aren't supposed to remain open (for security of course) and it has quite a number of options to automatically close it after certain amount of time or when the window isn't focus, computer is locked, etc. This would trigger a sync with the (NC) server and assuming that all your clients follow the same usage pattern and close the DB after a small window of time, there shouldn't be any conflict.
> NextCloud to be always up of course, also self-hosted
You could use NextCloud's own hosting. But then Bitwarden's server needs to always be up too, and optionally self-hosted.
> Bitwarden just works
A low bar to recommend a password manager, don't you think so?
Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
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I just switched to it from LastPass which, well, has even worse UX in my opinion. It's an extremely low bar to clear and I agree Bitwarden is quirky too, but for me it's still firmly been an upgrade. The only thing I miss is an "add to bitwarden?" dialog when I sign up somewhere. Their docs say it exists but I've never managed to get it to appear :-)
Is there a simple way to make this transition from LastPass to BW?
Yes - you can dump out your passwords from lastpass as a CSV and slurp them straight into Bitwarden.
I switched from Lastpass when they started demanding more money - and whilst not perfect, am very happy with Bitwarden. Functionality is all there, just a bit clunky in places - but you get used to it.
Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
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My current and previous company both use 1password. I use Bitwarden personally. I like them both - 1password has better UX but I prefer supporting open source for personal use.
> I prefer supporting open source for personal use. Same here. Opensource also adds to security in this case. Also BitWarden's server has no knowledge of your phrase, and hence cannot, never ever, read your data. Forgetting your phrase means you lose your wallet. 1Pass and competitors do not have such guarantee, and allow one to retrieve access to the wallet by other means.
1Password's servers also cannot read your data. They use a client generated secret key in addition to your usual password to encrypt your vaults. It's been detailed pretty well
Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
#86I see lots of people deriding LastPass... just wondering what exactly Bitwarden or 1Password do better? I find LastPass a bit clunky at times, and once or twice a year it won't actually save a password, but seems ok in general?
I switched to 1Password for LastPass mainly due to trust (due to LogMeIn), bad mobile app (always asking me to give it permissions it needs then forgetting, and more), no TOTP support, problems with extension and more that I thankfully cannot remember. Switching was a great decision.
Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
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#88I've used Bitwarden for over 4 years now after first hearing about it on HN. I really can't complain. I have Bitwarden on my phone, on my browser (chrome + firefox) and it works flawlessly for me. I even have the Mac app but I almost never have to use it.
I'd highly recommend it in case anyone here's looking to switch to Bitwarden.
I've used LastPass previously, but that was so long ago that it'd hardly be a fair comparison to Bitwarden now - but I remember not being satisfied with LastPass enough to export my data and switch.
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Re: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager
#90There’s a critical feature missing from Bitwarden that is keeping my on 1Password:
- history
It’s saved me enough times that I can’t move to a manager that doesn’t record history.