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Re: Tell HN: Bitwarden does not export attachments in backups

#41
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It's been raised but doesn't appear to be a large enough issue to be put on the roadmap: https://community.bitwarden.com/t/allow-attachments-to-be-ex... The project is open-source, maybe send them a pull request?

I never switched to Bitwarden because I don't like how it was designed but this is clearly a huge bug even though I probably wouldn't use the feature to attach files.

Re: Tell HN: Bitwarden does not export attachments in backups

#42
> A simple solution would be to b64 encode each file and add it into an array!

An individual file attachment can be as large as 500 MB[0]. It would make the JSON file too big to use.

Still, I do think that Bitwarden should warn users about it when exporting. Just mentioning it in the Help Center doesn't seem so helpful.

[0]: https://bitwarden.com/help/attachments/

Re: Tell HN: Bitwarden does not export attachments in backups

#43

This is one of my motivation to selfhosted Vaultwarden [0]. Full features, lightweight with Rust, privacy, and full control. [0] https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

I hope it wasn't really one of your motivations, because Vaultwarden implements the server API. The lack of attachment backup occurs at the Bitwarden client level.

Re: Tell HN: Bitwarden does not export attachments in backups

#44

This is one of my motivation to selfhosted Vaultwarden [0]. Full features, lightweight with Rust, privacy, and full control. [0] https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

I hope it wasn't really one of your motivations, because Vaultwarden implements the server API. The lack of attachment backup occurs at the Bitwarden client level.

Yes, but if you're running your own server you can back up the server, you don't need to export.

Re: Tell HN: Bitwarden does not export attachments in backups

#46

I went to bitwarden from dashlane that didnt even export secure notes https://www.reddit.com/r/Dashlane/comments/gfwyvo/comment/fq... This is the same thing again. I switched to 1password before all the funding and feel like there arent any viable alternatives now. Edit: to be clear this isnt me on reddit this thread is just what backed up bitwarden.

1Password remains really great imo - people seem to use worse alternatives for ideological reasons but I don’t think there are any that are actually better.

How is it better than BitWarden? I’ve used both and they both seem fine but I didn’t see an obvious reason to prefer it. BW is a lot cheaper as well.

Re: Tell HN: Bitwarden does not export attachments in backups

#47

This is one of my motivation to selfhosted Vaultwarden [0]. Full features, lightweight with Rust, privacy, and full control. [0] https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

I hope it wasn't really one of your motivations, because Vaultwarden implements the server API. The lack of attachment backup occurs at the Bitwarden client level.

If you Control the server, you can certainly control backups at a root level

Re: Tell HN: Bitwarden does not export attachments in backups

#48
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> Bitwarden company should give their immediate response.

Why do people do this? The hands touch the hips, the call for a rage mob is made because the internet must have justice, and the kangaroo court begins.

Just use something else if it bothers you.

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