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My new favourite password manager (keepass.info)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've always hated the idea of using a subscription/cloud hosting for password management. I feel like I should have a LOT more control over that stuff and I don't really want to hand all my keys over to a company.

All my secrets have been going in a highly encrypted archive with a long passphrase, but obviously that isn't convenient on all devices. It's been fine, I can open it on any computer but it's not super quick. It does have the advantage of being able to put in multiple files, notes, private keys but it's not ideal.

Anyway, finally found something that isn't subscription, and has a similar philosophy - a highly encrypted archive file, and it's open source and has heaps of clients including web browser plugins so it's usable anywhere, and you can sync the vault with any file sync you like.

Thought you guys might appreciate the find, password managers have always been a bit of a catch 22 for me.

Note for android i found keepassxc the best app, and i'm using KeePassHelper browser plugin, and the KeePassXc desktop app as well as the free official one. Apps all seem to be cross platform.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I use KeePassXC on my laptop, KeePassDX on my phone and sync them with Syncthing.

This ia pretty sweet

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it's so good, wish I'd found it sooner

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Exactly the same thought I had when I ditched Bitwarden for it. In my case, the transition was made even easier as I was already using Syncthing on my devices.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Not bothered about the potential for keyloggers or even OS-level snooping on what is presumably your privacy-free Android device? Personally I would never type the master password into anything other than a computer running a FOSS stack that I control, but perhaps that is excessive caution.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Well, there is a limit to my paranoid. It's really hard to find a sweet spot between security and practicality.

I found mine with this settings I said

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Keepass clients typically have biometric input... and let's not pretend you don't need to type in your vaultwarden password in Android on the first run, either.

You could use a usb-c passkey but I know that's not the majority use case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

So, biometrics, master password, and USB key - 3 whole options and 3 things I personally will never be letting near Android. Unwarranted caution, no doubt.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I have the same setup. It's really neat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

keepass2android is worth a try as well.