Ask HN: Password manager with best experience on Linux?

#1

Post by asdkhadsj » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 2:38 PM UTC

I've been really happy with 1Password, but it seems 1Password does not have a Linux client. They have what seems to be a browser extension (1PasswordX), but so far I've hated the 1Password browser extension on OSX, so I can't imagine using that full time on Linux.

With that said, I'm super happy with 1Password's UX on OSX. It sits in the tray, can be activated with a toggle, allows me to search a password name, and then keeps that site/etc active while you toggle back and forth between the app and 1Password Mini. Copying in this manner is quick and easy. This, plus excellent support for Windows/OSX/Mobile makes 1Password a joy.

What are you using on Linux and do you enjoy it? Any problems with it?

Re: Ask HN: Password manager with best experience on Linux?

#2

Post by asdkhadsj » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 2:42 PM UTC

To amend that, it seems Lastpass has a CLI! While this may not be the best UX, I can likely make it good enough. Even writing a client myself might be possible with a CLI backing it. So at least that is promising.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager with best experience on Linux?

#3

Post by highhedgehog » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 2:43 PM UTC

Bitwarden

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#4

Post by rootshelled » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 2:44 PM UTC

I'm lazy so I use FF's built-in for anything web.

Then gnome keyring with PAM auth upon user login.(again, lazy)

Re: Ask HN: Password manager with best experience on Linux?

#5

Post by dhruvkar » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 3:45 PM UTC

highhedgehog wrote: post #3

Bitwarden

+1 for Bitwarden.

Free for teams of 2 (perfect for my wife & me) and has a linux app. Runs great on my thinkpad running pop_os!

Re: Ask HN: Password manager with best experience on Linux?

#6

Post by mruts » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 3:50 PM UTC

Honest question: why doesn’t everyone just use hash functions for passwords. Generating a Base64 string from a secret salt + the website name sounds ideal. This is what I do, and it works very well.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager with best experience on Linux?

#7

Post by Blackstone4 » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 3:51 PM UTC

Why not use Bitwarden through their Browser add-ons (Firefox, Chrome etc.)? I’ve only used the desktop app on OSX but I tend to default back to the in-browser experience since it’s more integrated.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager with best experience on Linux?

#8

Post by beilabs » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 3:51 PM UTC

I quite like keepassx. Sync's with a dropbox file and I can use it across all my devices. It's not that fancy but has done the job for years on my systems.

Re: Ask HN: Password manager with best experience on Linux?

#9

Post by imran3740 » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 3:52 PM UTC

I use pass[0], which is essentially just a wrapper on top of Git and GPG. All your secrets are stored in text files that are then encrypted by your GPG key, which is then tracked in a Git repo that you can store anywhere. I use the PassFF extension[1] for Firefox, and Password Store for Android[2]. There are plenty of pass-compatible clients for all platforms and extensions for pass on the first site.

If I need to get my password for eg. GitHub outside of Firefox, I just type `$ pass -c dev/github`, decrypt, and it's in my clipboard for 45 seconds.

[0]: https://www.passwordstore.org/

[1]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/passff/

[2]: https://github.com/zeapo/Android-Password-Store

Re: Ask HN: Password manager with best experience on Linux?

#10

Post by sametmax » Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 3:53 PM UTC

mruts wrote: post #6

Honest question: why doesn’t everyone just use hash functions for passwords. Generating a Base64 string from a secret salt + the website name sounds ideal. This is what I do, and it works very well.

Passwords are not just for websites, same services has different domains, sync is free, autocomplete on mobile, passwords are not the only thing I want to save, etc.