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!

  • @[email protected]
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    21 year ago

    In terms of integrating with website stuff, it is a lot better, KeePass wasn’t designed to be web first. In fact, the vast majority of password managers aim to be used on the web. KeePass was never designed for that job. It’s just an application to store passwords. KeePass has one feature though that not many other password managers can do, Auto-Type. Auto-Type can type your credentials into other applications. I work in IT and have many passwords for different systems and applications. I’m willing to bet I use Auto-Type about a hundred times a day to type my passwords for me. Bitwarden can’t do this.
    Whilst the majority of my passwords at home are within the browser, there are applications that I wish it could type into for me. For example Steam, VeraCrypt, Epic Launcher etc.
    Basically, I use Bitwarden at home but at work I use KeePass. KeePassXC is also worth looking at if you like KeePass.

    • @desmaraisp
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      11 year ago

      What do you mean exactly by “not web first?” I use it, and aside from not being able to detect the browser tab name without using the extension, I don’t really see anything that would be missing

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        Most password managers are built around password management for the web. KeePass isn’t like that, it’s a feature-rich password manager but doesn’t concentrate on managing web passwords like other password managers do.