What is a really smart choice for password manager apps? Concerned about privacy and politically involved CEOs.

I’ve used:

  • LastPass
  • 1Password
  • ProtonPass (Now using)

I thought ProtonPass was a good choice but I’m starting to read more about it. What’s just a really solid choice all around, that you can feel good about? Free or paid.

Update: I decided to go with Bitwarden and Bitwarden Authenticator. The features and the experience are better than the three listed above that I’ve used before. Awesome advice here, thanks everyone.

  • Gayhitler@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    8 days ago

    Bitwarden.

    You know if you need more than that and if you’re asking on lemmy you don’t need more than that.

      • Gayhitler@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        8 days ago

        I would recommend people not do that unless they know they need to and again, if you know you need to you’re not asking on lemmy.

        Hosting your own secrets not only puts the burden of protecting, providing access to and preserving the secrets entirely on you, but puts a very unique set of hosting goals squarely on you as well.

        Even a skilled administrator with significant resources at hand would often be better served by simply using bitwarden instead of hosting vaultwarden.

        An example I used in another thread about password managers was a disaster. When your local server is inoperable or destroyed and general local network failure makes your cloud accessible backup unreachable, can you access your secrets safely from a public computer at the fire department, church or refugee center?

        Bitwarden works well from public computers and there’s a whole guide for doing it as safely as possible on their website.

      • trouble@lemm.ee
        1·
        9 days ago

        I’m happy with Bitwarden, the iPhone app and windows software / Firefox extension all work seamlessly and easily

    • foiledAgain@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      Bitwarden paid version also lets you set emergency access for others in the case of your death or inability to access

    • hedgehog@ttrpg.network
      1·
      9 days ago

      You can self-host Bitwarden, too. My understanding is that VaultWarden is much simpler to self-host, though. Note that VaultWarden isn’t a “fork”; it’s a compatible rewrite in Rust (Bitwarden’s codebase, by contrast, is primarily C#).

      I also use Bitwarden and strongly prefer it over every other password manager I’ve tried or investigated, for what that’s worth. I’d recommend it to 99% of non-enterprise users (it’s probably great for enterprise use as well, TBF).

      The only use case I wouldn’t recommend it for is when you don’t want your passwords stored in the cloud, in which case KeePass is the way to go. To be clear, that recommendation does not apply if you’re syncing your vault with a cloud storage provider - even one you’re hosting, like SyncThing - even if your vault is encrypted. At that point just use Bitwarden or VaultWarden, because they’re at least audited with your use case in mind (Vaultwarden has only been audited once afaik, though).

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
    3·
    7 days ago

    Been a Bitwarden user for several years now, both personal and deployed at multiple small businesses.

    It has been fantastic the whole time. Pricing is great, open source, runs on basically everything, and easy to use.

    KeypassXC if you’re uber-paranoid or a hardcore Stallmanite, otherwise, Bitwarden all day 100%

  • Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    2·
    9 days ago

    I use KeepassXC which is free and open-source. The passwords are stored as an encrypted file on your own system. No servers or businesses involved.

    Personally I put mine in onedrive so it is synced between all of my devices though, so I guess there is still a server involved in that case

      • Scrath@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        9 days ago

        I think I ran into that exact issue myself when I tried out fedora silverblue. I believe there was a workaround but it was quite involved from what I remember…

        • Crotaro@beehaw.org
          0·
          8 days ago

          Samesies!

          One very important word of caution (unfortunately coming from experience): Syncthing, as the name suggests, makes it so the content of one device is the same as that of another device. So, even if you have one device set to only receive data, it means that if you delete a file from the sending device, the receiving device will also delete that file to stay in sync with the sending device.

          There is a way to use Syncthing as a simple backup storage program (not necessarily the best solution but much better than manually backing up your files every few months and just hoping for the best). But it means that you have to use the advanced folder option “ignoreDelete”. I also use the file versioning system, so even if something is automatically deleted by mistake, it’s still versioned in a special subfolder and accessible to me.

  • LedgeDrop@lemm.ee
    1·
    9 days ago

    I’d used KeepassXC + Nextcloud to sync for ~4 years.

    Then I switched to Bitwarden client + self-hosted Bitwarden Server/Vaultwarden for ~2 years and I haven’t looked back.

    The problem you’ll face with KeepassXC + any syncing mechanism is that conflicts will happen. Meaning, you’ll make a change on your cellphone, your internet has a hiccup or stops working. Then you make a different change on you desktop. When everything is synced, you’ll be left with a KeePass conflict file that you need to fix. This might be fine if you immediately notice it, but if you stumble upon a conflict file from a month ago - good luck merging the differences.

    Bitwarden client + Vaultwarden has improved my password experience radically. I have phones, laptops, browsers, etc all talking to Vaultwarden. Any conflicts are handled automagically by the clients. Everything “just works” in offline mode (meaning I can add/update credentials while offline and it’ll update the server whenever it can - without needing to do any mental gymnastics).

    I can share passwords with friends and family without needing to share everything. Plus, as my instance is self-hosted, my family can get “emergency access” (would be a “premium feature”) to my passwords if something unfortunate happens to me. Plus, requesting emergency access is pretty easy to do, for non-tech people.

    edit: a word

  • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee
    1·
    9 days ago

    Use KeepassXC with Syncthing for maximum autonomy or Bitwarden for maximum ease. Both are FOSS. That’s my recommendation and also seems to be the consensus among those who share your needs.

    • Lad@reddthat.com
      1·
      8 days ago

      It’s so much better since they updated the (IMO) ugly, dated UI design. It looks nice and fresh now. Bitwarden is the MVP.