Just wondered what people are using for their password management.
I’m currently using 1Password on a family subscription for both password management and 2FA (and then Authy for the 1Password 2FA). But I’m seeing a lot more posters — particularly since joining Lemmy — championing BitWarden (either cloud or self hosted) and Raivo OTP as a cheaper, almost-as-functional alternative.
So is it worth the switch? Will I lose out on anything by doing so?
I’m currently running BitWarden with a free account to see if I can live with it. But I must admit, 1Password is a staple app for me and one that I would say is priceless to my workflow and setup.
Just interested in your thoughts and trying to stimulate conversation!
1Password is way better, but it’s more expensive and not open source.
Bitwarden is, like most open source apps, jankier than 1Password. Not as mature. But people that care a lot about their software being open source will use it because it’s the best open source option we have at the moment.
None of them is a bad app.
More expensive and closed source
vs
free or cheaper subscription, can even be self hosted and open source
I’ll pick the later
I moved from 1Password to Bitwarden because I was struggling to pirate the former.
NGL, I think it is kinda stupid to use a hacked software as important as a password manager, same as with an antivirus, so for me the way to go has been to selfhost Bitwarden, haven’t looked back since that.
Keepass > Bitwarden > 1Password
1Password is good from what I understand, but yes it’s expensive compared to the competition. It just… is, and they don’t mind because they’re going primarily after enterprise business.
BitWarden is pretty much the leader in the field and has been for some time, not counting self-hosted only apps e.g. KeePass.
Not to mention, the Premium plan only costs $10/year or $1/month. I used the free version for sharing passwords with my SO for years until I wanted to start storing TOTP codes, which requires premium.
I’m using a combination of KeePassXC on Windows/Linux, KeePass2Android and Syncthing for database synchronization, plus a Yubikey for 2FA. Granted, it’s not a setup I’d recommend towards non-tech people, but it would take a lot before I’d switch:
- Works completely local, so I never have to worry about being locked out for any reason.
- Despite that, I still get the benefits of online synchronization through Syncthing.
- KeePassXC has by far the most powerful autotype functionality, which is a big timesaver since I often need to type passwords into non-browser windows.
The last point in particular was a dealbreaker when trying out Bitwarden/Vaultwarden a few years ago.
Sounds like a pretty sweet setup to be fair. I’m completely Apple so couldn’t replicate that entirely.
But from the feedback so far I’m leaning towards either Bitwarden or Vaultwarden for password management. And for OTP, guess I could use Authy or Raivo, but probably the latter.
Bitwarden and vaultwarden do support storing OTP. I guess there is some security in separating the services though if that’s what your going for.
