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Okay so yesterday, I changed my password as a precaution because of the hack, and just now I decided to clean my browser tabs and re login and almost forgot my password. I'm done dealing with passwords.

What password manager do you recommend?

Features I’m looking for

-Open Source

-Can be synced to cloud (I don’t want self host)

-Can be accessed via a browser

-Cross platform, the more platforms, the better

-End to End Encrypted, and Encrypted at rest on my device, also need some way to authenticate before releasing the password, like a pin or biometrics

-Autofill for browser and apps

-Free (can be a freemium model, but I need the base tier to be free, too broke to spend money on this lol)

-Can export the passwords to a file

I never used a password manager before so sorry if I seem like a noob.

I know I could google it, but I want the lastest info, not some outdated reddit post.

Edit: Woah, those replies are fast. I think I'll use Bitwarden. Thanks for recommendations! Now I don't need to worry about forgetting passwords anymore. 😄

Edit 2: It seems I've forgotten my email password as well as a few other accounts I haven't logged into for a while. Damn, should've used a password manager earlier.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Bitwarden is ok

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Vault warden. (Implements bitwarden).

Works with bitwarden apps / browser plugins. Locally hosted. Rust.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Keepass all the way. Checks all the boxes. Access via browser: If you have a Nextcloud instance, theres a NC-Addon to open kdbx files in the browser.

re: Bitwarden I tried it and it wasn't sufficient for me. Is it now possible to also store and generate TOTPs? Can you store SSH keys and retrieve them directly from the password storage?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You definitely do not want to generate TOTPs in your password manager. That makes it a single point of failure in the event of a breach.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

There’s only two real choices imo.

Bitwarden or Keepass (KeePassXC for desktop, you’ll need one of many app choices for your phone).

Keepass you would sync to your own cloud provider and use a key file for protection.

Bitwarden is the obvious answer that fits all your criteria.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

As someone who uses Bitwarden, what’s the advantage of using buttercup?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Definitely Bitwarden, but there‘s also a new product from Proton called Proton Pass. It works similarly to Bitwarden, but a few features are still missing.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Gratifying to see all the love for Bitwarden!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Currently using bitwarden. Moved over from LastPass. Free and works on browser plus mobile. Like it so far.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Bitwarden would be a good fit for what you are looking for, especially the cross-platform aspect. Keepass-derived solutions typically require trusting multiple developers, whereas Bitwarden is developed and maintained by a single team.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Since you don't want to selfhost anyway just use the one built-in to your browser. Nowadays you can set up synch with a password

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am a fan of Vault Warden.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

He specifically stated that he doesn't want to self host

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this! I have been using iCloud Keychain for a while and was generally satisfied. However, it wasn’t until I recently switched from desktop Safari to Arc that I considered a third party password manager, but was stuck in decision paralysis.

Given the overwhelming responses in this post, BitWarden it is!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

protonpass for sure.

Bitwarden is great, but it's way too easy to lock yourself out of it if it's your first pw manager ever.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using Google's password manager mainly for convenience but had been looking to switch for a while, this thread made up my mind to switch to Bitwarden!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I like the Password for Nextcloud app. I self-host mine, but I think there might be Nextcloud instances that you can access. It is encrypted, and has an app for smartphones.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

For important things Keepass (which I sync in Onedrive). For casual things whatever the browser offers... or some random long password and password reset ._.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I think bitwarden fills all of your requirements.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Been using 1Password since 2010. I tried Bitwarden a few years ago just because of the price. In theory it ticks all boxes but it was a pain to use. I does not flow like 1P, some things did not work the way I expected and it looks like shit. Don't ask for details because I forgot. So I switched back. The new design of 1Password made it a little worse but it's still great and the integration into iOS and macOS is amazing.

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