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0 pointsstingraycharles7y ago0 comments

Check out Keepass! Rather than syncing directly into a Cloud, it allows you to store a database file into any location. It supports MFA (e.g. by combining a password with a secret file, or a Yubikey). And everything is open-source.

I like the model a lot, because it solves the "database ownership" issue, where your Password provider (be it LastPass, 1Password, etc) becomes in itself a weak link.

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StavrosK7y ago

I'm a super happy user of KeePass too, and KeePass2Android is the best password management app I've ever used.

Cthulhu_7y ago

I used to use KeePass but the lack of a proper crossplatform UI eventually broke it for me; KeePassX on linux looked and performed terribly, the Android app was just bad, etc etc etc.

I switched to 1password which - at least at the time - offered a web-based fallback hosted from your own dropbox. Plus at the time you owned the data and were responsible for storing and syncing it. Dropbox support came out of the box but if you want you can use a local file.

resonious7y ago

KeePassXC works great for me on Linux, Windows, Mac, and Android.

falcolas7y ago

Have another look at KeePass. They recently got a native Mac implementation, and I seem to recall seeing a new one for Linux at the time.

On the Mac, KeePass now feels like a better experience than having to pay a subscription for 1password.

jsmit7y ago

Or MacPass for macOS, which was a very slick alternative to the KeePass application at the time.

stingraycharlesOP7y ago

Yeah you're right, I believe it's based on .NET so on Linux you'll have to use Mono. For the plugin ecosystem, that's suboptimal because you'll have to rebuild a lot of plugins from scratch.

I used to be a 1password user, but they were pushing their premium, cloud-based offering a lot and lacked Yubikey support so I switched away.

jamescampbell7y ago

Keepass is great, but it is somewhat slower and more clicks to get passwords into forms as opposed to 1Password or LastPass.

cicero7y ago

I have used Keypass for years. It is not as convenient as some of the alternatives, but I trust it more.

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