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I know I could google it, but I want the lastest info, not some outdated reddit post.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

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] 45 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I'd say https://keepassxc.org/ covers all of your needs except the "Can be accessed via a browser" (Autofill works fine with a browser plugin)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

KeepassXC with a browser plugin on the desktop and Keepass2Android on the smartphone. The password files are synced over my self-hosted Nextcloud and backed up to OneDrive. I couldn't be happier with this setup.

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

Same but I’m using strongbox on ios

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Happy KeepassXC User reporting and there actually is a browser plugin that works flawlessly.

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

Links to KeePassXC's browser extensions, Firefox, & Chrome/Chromium.

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

except the β€œCan be accessed via a browser”

Well - this is a selfhosted solution but still would give the access via browser. https://keeweb.info/

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

They are searching for a maintainer. I hope they still fix security issues.

https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb/issues/2022

https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb/issues/2077

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

is the browser plugin safe to use? it kinda seems fishy

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

How is the OSX and iOS support for Keepass nowadays? Are there desktop and browser clients for OSX, and what’s the autofill situation like?

Keepass was the first password manager I used and I really liked it, but I had to switch when I started using Apple devices for work a few years back, and the lack of platform support there was a nonstarter.

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

Strongbox for ios works with keepass formats.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Writing this down for later, thanks!

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

I too use keys as you do

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

I would be happier with KeePass if the Android situation wasn't so bad. The most reliable app still uses UI elements from goddamn Froyo and the more sleek, modern, auto fill aware app can't deal with cloud sync to save its life. I hate it here.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use KeepassDX on Android and it feels alright

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

KeepassDX is the modern one I'm referring to. Because of the whole Android 11 SAF/scoped storage issue, syncing to databases and clouds that use DocumentsUI (the special folders you see when your Files manager window opens) fails all the time. I've repeatedly lost data due to KDX not properly saving or syncing, causing file conflicts and the passwords I literally just saved to vanish the next time I unlock the database.

The developer's response is that it's everyone else's fault that their apps' SAF implementation is bad, not KDX.

I absolutely cannot recommend using it.

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

I use it all the time and sync it between devices without problems...

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

What are you using for sync? I use Nextcloud and haven't had any sync issues.

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

I've had it fail with most SAF locations I tried after Android 11, especially pCloud. After the database locks and KDX leaves the RAM, it often cannot find the database it literally just saved, and will often just generate a merge conflict to the location it attempted to save. As a result, after you unlock once, it can no longer unlock the database and you have to bring up DocumentsUI again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You know, I did have this problem like a year ago. Except, it was a problem with saving the database. I don't know what happened but haven't faced it in a long time now.