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I used LastPass for many years until I got tired of the slowness/high CPU, then I saw that Bitwarden had done a lot of work on performance and switched to it.

I used LastPass for many years until I got tired of the slowness/high CPU, then I saw that Bitwarden had done a lot of work on performance and switched to it. Never had any issues and I have at least a thousand entries. And quickly searching passwords is one thing, but Lastpass was slow with filling forms and input fields too. Bitwarden use the same method as 1password[1] for autofill, which works great! [1] https://github.com/bitwarden/browser/blob/master/src/content/autofill.js https://github.com/bitwarden/browser/blob/master/src/content...

kevindong 7y ago
My main reason for switching away from LastPass was that Bitwarden's UI was much better looking. It's been working great for me since then (even after switching from Chrome to Safari).
- tmikaeld 7y ago
  I also appreciate the UI more with Bitwarden, it goes straight to the point and is quicker to navigate (less drop-down menus).
  - wpietri 7y ago
    Ooh, thanks for the tip. I've been sort of resigned to LastPass, but it's one of those things that strikes me not so much as software as an agglomeration of hacks. It certainly works, but it has so much quirky behavior both in Firefox and Android that I've been expecting them to have a major breach. I'll have to check BitWarden out.
- rhino369 7y ago
  Can you export your passwords from LastPass to bitwarden easily?
  - away_throw 7y ago
    It's very easy. BitWarden has this listed in their faq. Simply just export LastPass to a CSV file and import it in BitWarden.
  - psv1 7y ago
    Yep - I just did it after reading this post.
    - dstroot 7y ago
      Me too.
  - kevindong 7y ago
    As others have commented, yes you can by exporting as a CSV and then importing that into Bitwarden. Even the notes were successfully imported. During this process, I also cleaned up my vault (some accounts had very long URLs saved as opposed to the base domain; e.g. https://www.foobar.com/signup&method=blah.. https://www.foobar.com/signup&method=blah... => https://www.foobar.com https://www.foobar.com) and discovered that a bunch of my entries had either empty usernames or empty passwords.
jchw 7y ago
I am also a former LastPass user. I did have a stint with 1password before finally settling on Bitwarden; it just seems like the most reasonable option.
- jorvi 7y ago
  I semi-annually try most of the popular password managers (Dashlane, 1Password, Lastpass, Enpass, Bitwarden) and I always end up staying with 1Password. Both their desktop and mobile apps are very well thought out and there's all sort of small UX and UI finesses that make them a cut above the competition. Having said that, you'll have to deal with a high subscription cost and proprietary (but audited) code. They are also unwilling to make a full blown Linux app.
  - mayneack 7y ago
    How do you use it on linux? Just a browser extension? I've been on lastpass because the last time I tried, 1password didn't seem that convenient on linux.
    - selectodude 7y ago
      If you have the hosted version of 1Password, you can use the 1PX extension which is completely standalone.
      - jchw 7y ago
        This is how I used it. Though to be honest, one of the reasons I left 1P was because it genuinely felt like they only ever support Linux on accident. I guess now there’s a command line tool, but still, I feel much better with Bitwarden or Enpass as someone who runs only Linux both at home and at work. When I left, there were still lots of things that the extension did not do, that the desktop app did.
      - techntoke 7y ago
        Enpass works pretty well on Linux, but you may run into some issues depending on your distro that has to be worked around.
nyolfen 7y ago
another former lastpass premium user who jumped ship here. it felt like switching from abp to ublock.
rprime 7y ago
I am another long time LastPass user (2010ish) to (paid) Bitwarden convert. Simply better in every possible way. The UX/UI of LastPass is so bad, search and copy a password? Almost impossible.
- jsutton 7y ago
  How is searching and copying a password 'almost impossible' in LastPass?
  - rprime 7y ago
    It looks like they updated the extension but previously when you searched for a entry you couldn't easily copy the password, I had to get into the entry, edit, show password and copy it manually, flow that looks to be still in the web version.
dstroot 7y ago
Thanks - read the post and just switched to Bitwarden!

kevindong 7y ago

My main reason for switching away from LastPass was that Bitwarden's UI was much better looking. It's been working great for me since then (even after switching from Chrome to Safari).

tmikaeld 7y ago
I also appreciate the UI more with Bitwarden, it goes straight to the point and is quicker to navigate (less drop-down menus).
- wpietri 7y ago
  Ooh, thanks for the tip. I've been sort of resigned to LastPass, but it's one of those things that strikes me not so much as software as an agglomeration of hacks. It certainly works, but it has so much quirky behavior both in Firefox and Android that I've been expecting them to have a major breach. I'll have to check BitWarden out.
rhino369 7y ago
Can you export your passwords from LastPass to bitwarden easily?
- away_throw 7y ago
  It's very easy. BitWarden has this listed in their faq. Simply just export LastPass to a CSV file and import it in BitWarden.
- psv1 7y ago
  Yep - I just did it after reading this post.
  - dstroot 7y ago
    Me too.
- kevindong 7y ago
  As others have commented, yes you can by exporting as a CSV and then importing that into Bitwarden. Even the notes were successfully imported. During this process, I also cleaned up my vault (some accounts had very long URLs saved as opposed to the base domain; e.g. https://www.foobar.com/signup&method=blah.. https://www.foobar.com/signup&method=blah... => https://www.foobar.com https://www.foobar.com) and discovered that a bunch of my entries had either empty usernames or empty passwords.

jchw 7y ago

I am also a former LastPass user. I did have a stint with 1password before finally settling on Bitwarden; it just seems like the most reasonable option.

jorvi 7y ago
I semi-annually try most of the popular password managers (Dashlane, 1Password, Lastpass, Enpass, Bitwarden) and I always end up staying with 1Password. Both their desktop and mobile apps are very well thought out and there's all sort of small UX and UI finesses that make them a cut above the competition. Having said that, you'll have to deal with a high subscription cost and proprietary (but audited) code. They are also unwilling to make a full blown Linux app.
- mayneack 7y ago
  How do you use it on linux? Just a browser extension? I've been on lastpass because the last time I tried, 1password didn't seem that convenient on linux.
  - selectodude 7y ago
    If you have the hosted version of 1Password, you can use the 1PX extension which is completely standalone.
    - jchw 7y ago
      This is how I used it. Though to be honest, one of the reasons I left 1P was because it genuinely felt like they only ever support Linux on accident. I guess now there’s a command line tool, but still, I feel much better with Bitwarden or Enpass as someone who runs only Linux both at home and at work. When I left, there were still lots of things that the extension did not do, that the desktop app did.
    - techntoke 7y ago
      Enpass works pretty well on Linux, but you may run into some issues depending on your distro that has to be worked around.

nyolfen 7y ago

another former lastpass premium user who jumped ship here. it felt like switching from abp to ublock.

rprime 7y ago

I am another long time LastPass user (2010ish) to (paid) Bitwarden convert. Simply better in every possible way. The UX/UI of LastPass is so bad, search and copy a password? Almost impossible.

jsutton 7y ago
How is searching and copying a password 'almost impossible' in LastPass?
- rprime 7y ago
  It looks like they updated the extension but previously when you searched for a entry you couldn't easily copy the password, I had to get into the entry, edit, show password and copy it manually, flow that looks to be still in the web version.

dstroot 7y ago

Thanks - read the post and just switched to Bitwarden!