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Ask HN: 1Password Alternatives

14 points by rkwasny ↗ HN
I'm using Firefox + 1Password classic (that does not require syncing all your passwords with the cloud)

However today it just stopped working, I think 1Password guys just broke sth by accident or on purpose

Do you know any good alternative that works on Mac OS + IOS and syncs locally without "the cloud"?

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1cvmask
SaaS Pass Password manager and authenticator.

The browser extension is available on Firefox and is protected by passwordless MFA as well. It is free for personal use.

There is an enterprise version separately.

disclaimer: I worked on UI and UX stuff

chana_masala
Not as pretty but https://www.passwordstore.org/ is good. It has a Firefox extension
sam_lowry_
There is a Chromium plugin as well.

And if you need a team solution, gopass is 100% compatible alternative.

Also Password Store by Harsh Shandilya on Android to complete the setup.

jamespwilliams
Bitwarden. The free tier is sufficient for personal use in my experience, although I choose to pay the small fee for “premium” (I forget what they cal it).

I switched from lastpass after they removed their free tier and have never looked back.

It is free and open-source software, it looks good and works well across all the platforms I use.

pjot
I can’t recommend Bitwarden[0] enough.

For me it checks all boxes, and includes some other other nice-to-have’s: - open source - has mobile/web/desktop/CLI clients - can be self hosted

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

copperx
The only reason I can't recommend it is because searching for a password (from a login form) takes anywhere from 5-10 seconds. It's a database of at most a few hundred entries. Why does it take that long? Happens on Android. It's been like this for years.
cmeacham98
Maybe submit a bug report? Takes at most 1 second for me with the android app, ~200 entries.
copperx
It is already a known issue in the bug tracker.
arthurmorgan
If you don't want to use the cloud KeepassXC on macOS and KeePassium or Strongbox on iOS are probably your best choice. Personally I'm happy with using Bitwarden, which you can self-host.
hk1337
Keepass was my choice although I haven’t committed to it on iOS yet and using Syncthing to sync between macOS, windows, and Linux
DevNullDevice
I've also use Keepass[0] for what feels like nearly a decade at this point. I use google Drive or just very dumb shuffling of files to get the database where I need it.

I keep feeling like I should upgrade to something with better native support... but it's worked for me so long and still fits my workflow.

[0]https://keepass.info/

izyda
How does Strongbox syncing work between your mobile and desktop devices? Do you just have to store the database on your own cloud account (ie. Dropbox?)
Drainik
I can't recommend KeepassXC enough! Its completely offline and also has a browser exetension.
decrypt
One thing that I haven't understood is syncing. How do you sync passwords between different desktops/mobile devices?
landmass
Send the KeePassXC .kdbx password database to your cell phone, download it to your phone, then upload it to Strongbox (or other). I find the easiest way to send it to my cell phone is by using Signal's "Notes to Self." All my devices that have Signal and have KeePassXC then have access to the updated database.
niij
I'm not sure what "sth" is, but there was an outage at AWS today. It's possible it depended on a connection to us-east-1.
ssda2211
Another vote for Bitwarden. I can confirm that it works flawlessly, does not gobble up ram in Chrome and is user friendly.
gaws
How does Bitwarden make money when it offers a free version that can be used in the long term?
bradknowles
Every alternative to 1Password that I’ve looked at falls down on at least one or two different fronts when compared.

I know where I would go looking for a current list of alternatives (via http://alternative.to), if I should be in a position where I can’t use my first choice.

But so far, nothing has forced me to make that kind of decision.