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What password manager do you recommend?
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this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2023
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I'd say https://keepassxc.org/ covers all of your needs except the "Can be accessed via a browser" (Autofill works fine with a browser plugin)
KeepassXC with a browser plugin on the desktop and Keepass2Android on the smartphone. The password files are synced over my self-hosted Nextcloud and backed up to OneDrive. I couldn't be happier with this setup.
Same but I’m using strongbox on ios
Happy KeepassXC User reporting and there actually is a browser plugin that works flawlessly.
Links to KeePassXC's browser extensions, Firefox, & Chrome/Chromium.
Well - this is a selfhosted solution but still would give the access via browser. https://keeweb.info/
They are searching for a maintainer. I hope they still fix security issues.
https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb/issues/2022
https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb/issues/2077
is the browser plugin safe to use? it kinda seems fishy
How is the OSX and iOS support for Keepass nowadays? Are there desktop and browser clients for OSX, and what’s the autofill situation like?
Keepass was the first password manager I used and I really liked it, but I had to switch when I started using Apple devices for work a few years back, and the lack of platform support there was a nonstarter.
Strongbox for ios works with keepass formats.
Writing this down for later, thanks!
I too use keys as you do
I would be happier with KeePass if the Android situation wasn't so bad. The most reliable app still uses UI elements from goddamn Froyo and the more sleek, modern, auto fill aware app can't deal with cloud sync to save its life. I hate it here.
I use KeepassDX on Android and it feels alright
KeepassDX is the modern one I'm referring to. Because of the whole Android 11 SAF/scoped storage issue, syncing to databases and clouds that use DocumentsUI (the special folders you see when your Files manager window opens) fails all the time. I've repeatedly lost data due to KDX not properly saving or syncing, causing file conflicts and the passwords I literally just saved to vanish the next time I unlock the database.
The developer's response is that it's everyone else's fault that their apps' SAF implementation is bad, not KDX.
I absolutely cannot recommend using it.
What are you using for sync? I use Nextcloud and haven't had any sync issues.
I've had it fail with most SAF locations I tried after Android 11, especially pCloud. After the database locks and KDX leaves the RAM, it often cannot find the database it literally just saved, and will often just generate a merge conflict to the location it attempted to save. As a result, after you unlock once, it can no longer unlock the database and you have to bring up DocumentsUI again.
You know, I did have this problem like a year ago. Except, it was a problem with saving the database. I don't know what happened but haven't faced it in a long time now.
I use it all the time and sync it between devices without problems...