Password Manager Recommendations
Password Manager Recommendations
Hello everyone, what is your go-to password manager? What would you suggest for friends and family that aren't very tech savvy?
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Hello everyone, what is your go-to password manager?
KeePassXC for something hosted locally on your home network. Best aspect of KeePassXC is the support for OTP codes built-in, in my opinion. For mobile OTP codes, I personally use Aegis.
What would you suggest for friends and family that aren’t very tech savvy?
Bitwarden for non-tech-savvy family and friends.
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You could actually host your KeePass DB online, if you secured it good enough (and on a server you control). That way you'd have a solution working for every device you have, wherever you are.
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I'm using Syncthing for sharing it, so as long as one other device is online it shares the newest version of the database.
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I would recommend if you do this to have a two part key. Password and file. Then you can have the file on specific devices but share the database through the cloud.
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Nobody else here is using Keepass with syncthing for cross-device syncing? I can't dont know of an easier, more more reliable and secure method.
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Same here, KeePassXC via Syncthing, has been working like a charm for many years and I love it.
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Yup, KeePassXC is amazing, especially with the add-on in your browser (librewolf I think you need to do something to work). I don't use my phone much for logging into things, but you can probably sync it on Android (I don't know how it works on iOS). I love it because you can download icons from websites, and it's very simple once you get used to it!
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Same here, KeePass with SyncThing with a weekly copy of the database-file to a VPS I rent. Besides a password the database requires a key-file, which is copied between the various devices over a USB memory stick.
Why would I keep my passwords with an external company?
But yeah, this is a somewhat tech-savvy solution.
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BitWarden. All day everyday. Every human
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Keepass and Bitwarden respectively. Keepass has a lot of fringe advantages but most important to me is automation and offline consistency. Bitwarden will let you stay logged in offline depending on the options but it's a bit different and they offer some kind of premium service. They both have good Android apps and Firefox addons
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Bitwarden. Second place isn't even close.
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i've used 1password forever and have the family plan for my mum and dad and they're fine with it. plus it's canadian not american.
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Good thing Canada isn't going elbows down, bend over and creating a regime for secret orders that weaken encryption and give warrantless access to your data in an effort to appease Trump.
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Bitwarden, DON’T self host.
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Why not self host?
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Bitwarden if you share accounts between two devices, keepass if just one.
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Not just between devices. Between people, too. Super handy to coordinate shared passwords. I use it with my wife for utilities and stuff.
You can also designate other Bitwarden accounts to have the ability to reset your master password, in case of emergency. So my wife has a password she can use to get in there, in case something happens to me. But people can’t do it on the sly, because it’ll notify the account holder of its use.
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KeePassXC (Desktop) and KeePassDX (mobile). Offline, local-only password manager. There's also a Firefox browser extension for it too.
If you need it to sync between devices, Syncthing gets the job done by syncing the DB file.
I don't trust any cloud solutions. You're trusting some random company with your passwords. Data breach is inevitable.
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This one for me too! I've been very happy.
I try to minimize use of browser extensions, but i have the phone & desktop application. Nextcloud/whatever you run for syncing. I also back up those files through rsync to encrypted volume in a cloud provider (so double encrypted), so that if the worst should happen, I can still access the last version.
It's worth noting that you can manage OTP through it. When you add to your phone's OTP manager, you can also add it to Keepass, so you wont be up shit creek if your phone dies. Personally I would make a separate volume for your OTP, so you retain dual verification, even if someone should gain access to one of the two.
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Bitwarden is great, has lots of free features, and a pretty cheap premium family plan. I've been trying to onboard my old people to my family plan so that I can help them if they forget their passwords. 1Password is more expensive, but more polished, and a better choice for newbies IMO.
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Bitwarden got a nice polish update about 2 months ago, its a lot better now.
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Keepass or bust
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Proton Pass, I use the full suite so it's just convenient. It also has a few nice functions like e-mail aliases and secure password share links.
Let the proton haters come👀.
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Bitwarden. There are also self host options, and other free/freemium offerings as well. Personally, I feel like Bitwarden built all this infrastructure to keep my passwords encrypted and secure, and since my db contains not only personal data, but also business data, I'll leave it to Bitwarden who has a fantastic record as far as breaches.
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You're not tech savvy... Don't self-host a password manager!
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Actually... From a data-loss POV, it's actually pretty much fine; since the server only serves an e2ee file anyways, each end device's data is sufficient to recover everything.
I.e. if you host Vaultwarden, log into it on your mobile device, save all your logins; then fuck up the server, it doesn't matter, because your mobile device not only still has everything, but also does not need a server connection to export everything in a way that can then be imported again on a new server installation.
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This.
I am quite tech savvy, and I have been using 1password for years.
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Bitwarden.
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Bitwarden, 100%. You can self-host later if you feel like it, but don't have to
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ProtonPass is probably the least untrustworthy normie solution in 2025...
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Less untrustworthy than Bitwarden? I'm not saying that you're wrong, but could you justify that?
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KeypassXC for sus stuff and Bitwarden for everything else.
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I used Bitwarden for a long time and it was easy and convenient. I've since switched to KeePassXC which is less convenient, but it's more private and secure because it's offline. I wouldn't recommend it to someone less tech savvy unless they are just going to need access to their passwords on one device as setting it up reliably with a cloud solution isn't always simple.
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bitwarden imo however, explore other options here
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Keepass. I need to figure out a way to securely sync between Android <-> PC.
GNUpass should be very secure too but I need a way to view it on Android.
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securely sync between Android <-> PC
Syncthing does the job pretty great for me. Local sync, rather than cloud. As long as your network is secure, you're good
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I use self-hosted Nextcloud to sync mine. Other people like Syncthing. I'm going to drop an unpopular opinion here: if you use a sufficiently strong master passphrase, you can sync your file with even gdrive or Dropbox if those are more convenient for you.
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Keeper, myself. Work gives me a free/subsidized family plan so sure I’ll take it.
Definitely better than Lastpass.
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If you use nextcloud, especially for your friends and family, the passwords app is really good there. Plenty of apps and plugins available to use it everywhere.
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Authpass. Store offline or in their cloud. Works on multiple types of devices. Has autofill
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Pass or qtpass if you need gui. Simple and efficient.
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I recently moved my family from 1Password to Bitwarden. They're not tech savvy at all and haven't really noticed a difference aside from that "the password vault looks different".
Again, they're not tech savvy so they don't really use any specific 1Password features. They're also not constantly adding or removing logins, so Bitwarden has been pretty easy for them.
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When is recently? Would be good to know how Long they used it
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When is recently?
I checked my email just to be sure. So looks like I migrated my family in August 2024. Ah. Actually, further back than I thought.
So my mom, dad, wife, and me have been using Bitwarden for a little over a year without any issues.
My wife is a macOS user (for now...) and she's totally fine with Bitwarden. She doesn't care about password managers. It's just some random app that saves passwords to her. She probably wouldn't remember if she's using 1Password or Bitwarden. My wife occasionally will add logins to Bitwarden.
My parents were macOS users—now they're on Fedora Silverblue for 2 months!—but they're even less technical than my wife. They don't know what OS they're running or what a password manager app is. They just know
wolf icon = internet,shield icon = passwords. They don't add or remove passwords. I added their 5 website logins and that's all they need.
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ProtonPass
Bitwarden
Bitwarden is great!
Bitwarden with self-hosted Vaultwarden.