Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#1

Post by cripblip » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 1:56 PM UTC

As I change passwords and research migrating from Lastpass, what are the current HN recommendations, Linux, Firefox, IOS please..

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#2

Post by vhodges » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 2:00 PM UTC

Keepass (I use KeepassXC on Linux, MacOS and Android) family or Bitwarden self hosted (never used) are probably going to be the top comments.

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#3

Post by manuel2258 » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 2:50 PM UTC

Bitwarden. Very straight forward and open source

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#4

Post by humanlion87 » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 3:10 PM UTC

manuel2258 wrote: post #3

Bitwarden. Very straight forward and open source

Second Bitwarden. Pretty cheap, good customer service. You can self-host if you prefer that route. The source code is on GitHub.

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#5

Post by eternityforest » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 3:14 PM UTC

manuel2258 wrote: post #3

Bitwarden. Very straight forward and open source

Absolutely BitWarden unless you want to do KeePass+SyncThing and can do your own research and keep track of the app specific issues in how they handle sync conflicts.

I just use BitWarden and it's close to perfect.

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#6

Post by spencera » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 3:15 PM UTC

I've tried Bitearden, and it's great (and free) but the best option is 1Password if you ask me.

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#7

Post by 3guk » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 3:26 PM UTC

1Password for me - not overly happy that they moved over to a subscription based pricing, but I’ve been using it for years now and it works well across all of my devices.

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#8

Post by priitmaxx » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 3:30 PM UTC

humanlion87 wrote: post #4

manuel2258 wrote: post #3

Bitwarden. Very straight forward and open source

Second Bitwarden. Pretty cheap, good customer service. You can self-host if you prefer that route. The source code is on GitHub.

I have been using it for years. Love it.

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#9

Post by joegahona » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 3:34 PM UTC

3guk wrote: post #7

1Password for me - not overly happy that they moved over to a subscription based pricing, but I’ve been using it for years now and it works well across all of my devices.

Is 1Password any less vulnerable, architecturally, to a massive hack akin to what happened recently to LastPass? I'm in the same boat as the OP and wary of putting all my stuff somewhere else that will result in a similar breach a few months from now.

Re: Ask HN: LastPass Alternatives

#10

Post by jpgvm » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 3:41 PM UTC

joegahona wrote: post #9

3guk wrote: post #7

1Password for me - not overly happy that they moved over to a subscription based pricing, but I’ve been using it for years now and it works well across all of my devices.

Is 1Password any less vulnerable, architecturally, to a massive hack akin to what happened recently to LastPass? I'm in the same boat as the OP and wary of putting all my stuff somewhere else that will result in a similar breach a few months from now.

Architecturally no. Operationally based on folks I know have (or continue to) worked there in the past suggests they are much less likely to be popped. Something about having higher calibre security folk seems to make major breaches much less common. See here Google and Apple which apart from some social engineering vulns in iCloud have remained mostly untouched for decade+ whilst being the juiciest of juicy targets.