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[-] Asetru@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Sunspear@piefed.social 6 points 2 weeks ago

Thing is, a large percentage of internet-connected users might have two or more devices. The simplicity offered by a cloud (be it hosted or selfhosted) password manager is a huge benefit.

And unless you're already running a syncthing-like service for something else, setting it up just for a password manager when other services provide it out of the box, is not worth the hassle usually.

[-] quaff@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago

I use KeePass on like.. I dunno 5-6 devices? They all sync together via Syncthing. No server needed. My keepass db is just one of the things synced this way.

Works pretty well.

These are the apps I use:

Desktop (Linux & macOS): KeePassXC Andrdoid: KeePassDX iOS: KeePassium

The whole ecosystem can be used for free. But like.. tip your open source devs yo.

Syncing happens pretty quickly with Syncthing. So conflicts in the keepass DBs are very rare (maybe once a year if I'm impatient after a change on a different device). But they do happen, I'll give you that. Some restraint (wait for sync) and checking (this is where sorting by modified helps!!!!) what's the latest change helps.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Everyone has some kind of cloud service tho no? The database is encrypted so you can even sync it over googles cloud storage if you dont have nextcloud or syncthing.

[-] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

IMO Keepass and Bitwarden aren't exactly the same, as the latter has cross-device sync built-in.

[-] lagoon8622@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I use one for work and the other for personal. They are both great, with slightly different convenience/security tradeoffs imo. Big fan of both, don't know why it has to be one or the other for an OSS credentials manager

Edit: part of what you're paying for with BW is first-class native apps

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Big fan of both, don't know why it has to be one or the other for an OSS credentials manager

On an individual level, you only need one or the other. But which one is best for you may be different than which one is best for me.

[-] lastweakness@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I can't think of a reason to choose Keepass over Vaultwarden.

[-] john_t@piefed.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you can't selfhost, then you can have your keepass file in your personal cloud. Many basic cloud services are free and the password file itself is encrypted so the cloud provider can't access your passwords.

[-] lastweakness@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah this is true. FolderSync for cloud and Syncthing for p2p should work nicely.

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