Ask HN: What password managers do you use?

3 points by whois 8 years ago | 9 comments

Hi,

I have been using LastPass for about the last 3 years. It has never really been stellar. But it was the best option as of a couple years ago.

I'm kind of getting a bit sick of it though. There are tons of little bugs in the web extension. The Android app crashes left and right. And performs mediocre at best. On top of that, they just took away copy paste functionality from the Firefox extension.

So I'm in the market for a new password manager. Right now I am checking out Enpass. Any other suggestions?

Tldr: LastPass getting too buggy, looking for a new password manager.

olodus 8 years ago |

I been thinking about switching to or atleast try pass (the unix password manager). I find it a bit strange that I never see anyone atleast mentioning it in these kinds of threads.

I mean it is very basic and simple but that is kinda what made me want to try it. Pure files, no platform fuckery, no application lock-in. The simpleness has been something I've been searching for lately.

It might be that it is to simple and that makes it too fiddly to work with effectively but I figured I might atleast try it.

For hosting I haven't decided yet but that is kinda the beautiful part of it - it is just files - I can host them almost anywhere.

whois 8 years ago | |

I very much like the philosophy behind it. I'll definitely check it out.

pwg 8 years ago |

I use Password Gorilla (https://github.com/zdia/gorilla/wiki) on Linux and Windows and use the PasswdSafe app on Android (https://sourceforge.net/p/passwdsafe/wiki/Home/). Both use the same file format (the Password Safe format) and so far the Android app has never crashed on me.

TheWiseOne 8 years ago |

KeePass (https://keepass.info/) and KeePassXC.

I can use them in conjunction with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc. instead of relying on yet another proprietary service. Plus they are both open source and have a ton of open source clients for various platforms.

frantzmiccoli 8 years ago |

I share your frustration missing the perfect password manager.

I have not tried it but I heard https://www.passbolt.com/ the self hosted aspect would be a turn off for me but some might like it.

whois 8 years ago | |

Oo I like the self-hosted and PGP based parts of it. I've also recently found BitWarden, which you can self-host as well.

billconan 8 years ago |

I started to use lastpass recently.

my only complain is I can't dismiss its dialog for saving passwords for certain sites.

Those are internal work related sites, I don't want to save passwords for them. but there is no option to disable lasspass's popup on those sites.

whois 8 years ago | |

Were you using a different service before LastPass? If so I'd be interested in hearing about it.

billconan 8 years ago | | |

no. before I have a set of passwords. a really complex one for important sites and few simpler ones.

but websites keep asking for complex passwords, I started to lose track of them.