Ask HN: Recommended non-subscription alternatives for 1Password?

5 pointssorahn4y ago4 comments

I've been happily using 1Password for a LONG time (12 years!), and as of 2 days ago, the last non-subscription version of 1Password (6) is no longer compatible with Chrome[0].

What are HN's recommended password managers now? I would like to sync through dropbox or icloud, and not pay for a subscription.

Thanks!

[0]https://support.1password.com/kb/202203/

4 comments

chiefalchemist4y ago

I used to use LastPass. But, due to mentions on HN, switched to Bitwarden approx 2+ yrs ago. No regrets. No complaints.

https://bitwarden.com/

p.s. For personal use, I use the free version of Bw. For professional projects and client work I use the paid version ($10 per yr) because the paid version supports YubiKey for 2FA. Both, to me, are worth the investment (to mitigate risk).

simondanerd4y ago

This.

hedora4y ago

Bitwarden is fine for my use cases (sync between iOS, Android, Linux Firefox, Linux Chrome), and it is open source.

It supports other platforms (windows, Mac), but I haven't tested it with those.

_zzaw4y ago

If your devices are mostly Apple ones, and it’s just you, Apple’s iCloud keychain is actually very good. Syncing is excellent, and you can have things like encrypted notes as well.

I was a longtime user of 1Password myself until they got greedy, at which point I shifted to the native Mac/iOS keychain. I haven’t migrated all my passwords over, and I haven’t really seen the need to, since a lot of what’s in my 1Password vault is old stuff that’s not useful anymore. I look up passwords as I need them, save them to the iCloud keychain on whatever device I’m on, and that’s it.

The one issue with the Apple keychain is that it’s not available in Chrome—Google doesn’t let you use it because they want you to use theirs instead. It’s not a big deal for me—I just look up passwords in the Keychain app, which I had to do on 1P anyway.

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