Archiving Android Password Store · android-password-store Android-Password-Store · Discussion #3260
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Hi, Over the past 3 years the pace of development in APS has steadily fallen off as maintainers including myself have moved on to other things. I no longer have time and motivation to dedicate to t...

Over the past 3 years the pace of development in APS has steadily fallen off as maintainers including myself have moved on to other things. I no longer have time and motivation to dedicate to this project, and in the absence of significant external contributions there is no-one else I can offer the project’s stewardship to.

To that effect, I will be archiving the repository on Monday, October 14th 2024 at 7AM GST. In the situation that a serious and viable fork emerges, I will help them as much as I can with the transition. The criteria for what counts as “serious and viable” is entirely vibes-driven for now, and may become more specific in the future. In case I determine that a fork does not live up to my made up standard, they will have to come up with a slightly more creative name than “Android Password Store” and watch low 4 figures of cash wither away in OpenCollective’s bank account.

  • Alper Çelik
    37•2 months ago

    Good thing i switched to selfhosted vaultwarden setup.

    Sees bitwarden drama, Noooo😭

    • @[email protected]
      5•2 months ago

      Yeah, with all the stuff going on with password managers, I wonder if there’s a truly future-proof setup that can be self-hosted and will never have these issues.

      I was a Keepass user many years ago, but I’m not confident that a Keepass-like system would work well with some very computer-illiterate family members. Bitwarden is hard enough to teach them, and it’s one of the easy ones!

      • @AustralianSimonEnglish
        1•2 months ago

        There is no such solution but you could just not update your mobile app and keep using vault warden. Nothing will change for you.

        • @[email protected]
          1•2 months ago

          you could just not update your mobile app and keep using vault warden.

          Well, I’d prefer that the apps that are a gateway to my most important pieces of data (passwords) be updated to plug vulnerabilities and exploits. If it were any other app/service, then I can live without updates. But not something related to passwords.

          • @AustralianSimonEnglish
            1•2 months ago

            Someone will fork it, once Bitwarden close the source you won’t know if they are even patching vulnerabilities.

            • @[email protected]
              1•2 months ago

              Yup. I’m either hoping for a more sustainable alternative, or a fork with active updates.

              For now, I’m holding my position, but preparing for an exit from Bitwarden.

    • @emrsmsrli
      4•2 months ago

      vaultwarden is perfectly fine. we just need to fund 3rd party clients for platforms. on android we already have keyguard, albeit it being only source available

      • @[email protected]
        2•2 months ago

        albeit it being only source available

        Isn’t that exactly why we need to leave the official Bitwarden client for something else?

      • Alper Çelik
        1•2 months ago

        Yeah vaultwarden even has its own web interface so my passwords probably not going to locked behind priopority apps. İ think i will keep using it for a while at least.