- cross-posted to:
- bitwarden@discuss.tchncs.de
- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- bitwarden@discuss.tchncs.de
- technology@lemmy.world
In the latest episode of “they will always sell you out” - they sold you out! Who would’ve thought.
Hoping for a good alternative client to appear, the writing is on the wall. Vaultwarden can’t exist without “leeching” off of Bitwarden.
Jesus, I’m tired of switching password managers.
KeePassXC + KeePassDX is probably the best option, with the downside of no way to sync easily (syncthing is probably the best option there)
I might switch back at some point, been getting frustrated with the bitwarden extension performance always being so poor.
Merge conflicts are a concern for KeePass, especially for those that don’t want to resolve them. Sync is difficult. AFAIK this is a very common issue with Syncthing setups.
Also, the portability from Bitwarden to KP leaves a bit to be desired, though that’s probably 90% on BW.
It’s really not that much of an issue. I sync my database between several devices, some of which are only used occasionally. Rarely do I ever have a merge conflict.
If you’re editing the database on multiple devices before they have a chance to sync with each other, maybe stop doing that. That’s what causes merge issues.
XC is really nice, but the devs are kinda dicks about not integrating some sort of syncing option, instead telling everyone who asks to “just point it to a local folder and use <insert sync tool of your choice> to keep that folder updated.” Which isn’t terrible advice, but some of us don’t have that option on managed devices.
I ended up using Keepass2Android and just pointing it at my webdav server, it seems to work pretty well!
On desktop it’s already taken care of since I put the DB in my folders that already sync via Syncthing.
I love K2A, been using it for well over a decade now. I really should toss the dev some cash… They’ve kept the UI consistent for years.
I just got Bit warden this year! Gah. Where are we jumping?
Vaultwarden
Vaultwarden relies on Bitwarden existing.
Not really. Convenience relies on the app and browser plugin, but they could be recreated like the server was.
That would be quite nice to see.
KeePass
KeePass isn’t going anywhere. They’re also dragging their feet on passkey support, so you might go with KeepassXC.
They also don’t effectively allow collaboration though, which is my cheif reason for using a cloud hosted password manager.
KeePass isn’t meant to be used that way. It’s a personal password manager. Always has been.
Valid. But it’s also valid that it now doesn’t work for me or anyone who also helps manage other people’s lives or works on a team ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Gotta use the right tool for the job. Sorry KeePass doesn’t work for you. It really is a fantastic piece of software.