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Very interesting. Has anyone been using it as a daily driver and could comment of safety, reliability and browser integration? How well do they behave compared

by dangom 7y ago

Very interesting. Has anyone been using it as a daily driver and could comment of safety, reliability and browser integration? How well do they behave compared to e.g. 1Password?

jammygit 7y ago
Good Linux support and no issues
dragosiulian 7y ago
I’m a very happy user (Firefox and iOS). Switched from LastPass about a year ago (found it on hacker news back then) and never looked back. I can’t compare it to 1Password, since I never used it.
- dorchadas 7y ago
  I switched from LastPass today, and already liking it a bit more. Not as slow and doesn't slow down on forms, for one!
slimginz 7y ago
Switched to it after the most recent data problems with LastPass. It’s pretty good for me overall. The app and browser plugins are very similar but you do drop the icon on the right of text fields you can click to auto fill (There is an auto fill option but it’s in beta and slightly buggy). Overall though, I’m happy with it especially since it’s open sourced.
- codewritinfool 7y ago
  Me too. Also, there are some sites where LastPass could never manage to find the login fields and didn't fill them correctly or at all. I've yet to see Bitwarden screw this up.
kerpele 7y ago
I use on Mac (Firefox & Safari) and iPhone, wife uses on Mac (chrome) and Android. Neither has had any issues in the past year and a half outside of mild confusion about the new Safari extension after Apple removed support for the old extension format.
JshWright 7y ago
I use it daily on Linux, Android, and OS X (Firefox on both desktop platforms). It works great for me. My wife and I share an "organization" that holds credentials we both need (banking, etc).
RexM 7y ago
Switched about two years ago from LastPass and I haven’t had any issues. I have the Firefox extension and use the iOS app, also. Chrome extension works well, too when I need it, but I don’t use Chrome often. You can self-host it since it’s open source if you’re worried about their servers shutting down for whatever reason.
- duiker101 7y ago
  I too made the switch from LastPass and I find Bitwarden heaps better in every single aspect. More reliable autofil, better UI and better mobile app.
StavrosK 7y ago
I'm a moderately happy user, no issues here. I switched from KeePass because the latter didn't have good browser integration, but if that got better since I last saw it, I wouldn't switch now. I do like BitWarden's TOTP support, though.
shazow 7y ago
Love it. By far the best fully cross-platform experience (including Linux) of any alternative, with great independent self-hosted server implementations.
philliphaydon 7y ago
I switched from 1Password to bitwarden. I feel like the browser plugin is a better experience for me. At work I set it to require 2factor to authenticate to use and at home only require my password. On my iPhone it uses faceid or thumb depending on phone model.
fbnlsr 7y ago
Browser integration is great. There a a few sites in which it can't autocomplete, and I wish I had the ability to "program" it like you can do on KeePassXC. In KeePassXC, you can specify a chain of commands in a string, with hardcoded elements, like "{USERNAME}{TAB}1979-05-22{TAB}{PASSWORD}", and it's really good. The Android app work really well too. Apart from that, it's been audited, and praised on HN multiple times.
- DeadBabyOrgasm 7y ago
  100% my favorite function of KeePassXC right there. It's unfortunately not very well highlighted in their docs even though it's the killer feature which keeps me with KeePass databases.
ohadron 7y ago
Using now for about two years and happy with the integration with Chrome & iOS.
croon 7y ago
Switched almost 3 years ago from LastPass. They've done an external audit, and I've studied the architecture, but other than that I can't speak for it's safety. But it seems legit in all ways I can imagine. As for reliability and browser integration it's much better than anything I've tested prior. Works great on all platforms I use.
shafyy 7y ago
I used 1Password before (and my old company still does), and use now Bitwarden with my new company. I would say they are similar, but I always had problems with 1Password's syncing across clients. Not sure if they resolved that in the meantime. What I like also about Bitwarden is that it's open-source, and in general the UI feels more light-weight and performant.
koevet 7y ago
Switched one year ago from 1Password. I'm self-hosting the bitwarden_rs implementation written in rust (https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs). PROS: - no issues whatsoever. The rust implementation is rock solid. - I have clients for Android, Linux, OSX, Windows and browser plugin for every browser I use. Again, a friction-less experience. - I was able to import my 1Password vault into Bitwarden without issues CONS: - Android client is quite slow compared to 1Password - The Firefox plugin on OSX tends to freeze Firefox. Not so much an issue for me anymore, since I moved to Linux - The bitwarden_rs server does not support multiple users
- Unklejoe 7y ago
  > The bitwarden_rs server does not support multiple users I'm confused by this. I'm running bitwarden_rs and I have two users? Perhaps they just recently added support for multiple users? I've only been running it for a few weeks.
  - ViViDboarder 7y ago
    Nope, not recent. I’ve been using it for about nearly a year and it’s supported multiple users the whole time. Not sure what OP is referring to. Edit: I should note, I’m talking about Bitwarden_rs. Maybe the official one doesn’t? That’s be strange though given it supposedly the same one the hosted version is running with a license lock on some features.

by dangom 7y ago

Very interesting. Has anyone been using it as a daily driver and could comment of safety, reliability and browser integration? How well do they behave compared to e.g. 1Password?

jammygit 7y ago

Good Linux support and no issues

dragosiulian 7y ago

I’m a very happy user (Firefox and iOS). Switched from LastPass about a year ago (found it on hacker news back then) and never looked back. I can’t compare it to 1Password, since I never used it.

dorchadas 7y ago
I switched from LastPass today, and already liking it a bit more. Not as slow and doesn't slow down on forms, for one!

slimginz 7y ago

Switched to it after the most recent data problems with LastPass. It’s pretty good for me overall. The app and browser plugins are very similar but you do drop the icon on the right of text fields you can click to auto fill (There is an auto fill option but it’s in beta and slightly buggy). Overall though, I’m happy with it especially since it’s open sourced.

codewritinfool 7y ago
Me too. Also, there are some sites where LastPass could never manage to find the login fields and didn't fill them correctly or at all. I've yet to see Bitwarden screw this up.

kerpele 7y ago

I use on Mac (Firefox & Safari) and iPhone, wife uses on Mac (chrome) and Android. Neither has had any issues in the past year and a half outside of mild confusion about the new Safari extension after Apple removed support for the old extension format.

JshWright 7y ago

I use it daily on Linux, Android, and OS X (Firefox on both desktop platforms). It works great for me. My wife and I share an "organization" that holds credentials we both need (banking, etc).

RexM 7y ago

Switched about two years ago from LastPass and I haven’t had any issues. I have the Firefox extension and use the iOS app, also. Chrome extension works well, too when I need it, but I don’t use Chrome often. You can self-host it since it’s open source if you’re worried about their servers shutting down for whatever reason.

duiker101 7y ago
I too made the switch from LastPass and I find Bitwarden heaps better in every single aspect. More reliable autofil, better UI and better mobile app.

StavrosK 7y ago

I'm a moderately happy user, no issues here. I switched from KeePass because the latter didn't have good browser integration, but if that got better since I last saw it, I wouldn't switch now. I do like BitWarden's TOTP support, though.

shazow 7y ago

Love it. By far the best fully cross-platform experience (including Linux) of any alternative, with great independent self-hosted server implementations.

philliphaydon 7y ago

I switched from 1Password to bitwarden. I feel like the browser plugin is a better experience for me. At work I set it to require 2factor to authenticate to use and at home only require my password. On my iPhone it uses faceid or thumb depending on phone model.

fbnlsr 7y ago

Browser integration is great. There a a few sites in which it can't autocomplete, and I wish I had the ability to "program" it like you can do on KeePassXC. In KeePassXC, you can specify a chain of commands in a string, with hardcoded elements, like "{USERNAME}{TAB}1979-05-22{TAB}{PASSWORD}", and it's really good. The Android app work really well too. Apart from that, it's been audited, and praised on HN multiple times.

DeadBabyOrgasm 7y ago
100% my favorite function of KeePassXC right there. It's unfortunately not very well highlighted in their docs even though it's the killer feature which keeps me with KeePass databases.

ohadron 7y ago

Using now for about two years and happy with the integration with Chrome & iOS.

croon 7y ago

Switched almost 3 years ago from LastPass. They've done an external audit, and I've studied the architecture, but other than that I can't speak for it's safety. But it seems legit in all ways I can imagine. As for reliability and browser integration it's much better than anything I've tested prior. Works great on all platforms I use.

shafyy 7y ago

I used 1Password before (and my old company still does), and use now Bitwarden with my new company. I would say they are similar, but I always had problems with 1Password's syncing across clients. Not sure if they resolved that in the meantime. What I like also about Bitwarden is that it's open-source, and in general the UI feels more light-weight and performant.

koevet 7y ago

Switched one year ago from 1Password. I'm self-hosting the bitwarden_rs implementation written in rust (https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs). PROS: - no issues whatsoever. The rust implementation is rock solid. - I have clients for Android, Linux, OSX, Windows and browser plugin for every browser I use. Again, a friction-less experience. - I was able to import my 1Password vault into Bitwarden without issues CONS: - Android client is quite slow compared to 1Password - The Firefox plugin on OSX tends to freeze Firefox. Not so much an issue for me anymore, since I moved to Linux - The bitwarden_rs server does not support multiple users

Unklejoe 7y ago
> The bitwarden_rs server does not support multiple users I'm confused by this. I'm running bitwarden_rs and I have two users? Perhaps they just recently added support for multiple users? I've only been running it for a few weeks.
- ViViDboarder 7y ago
  Nope, not recent. I’ve been using it for about nearly a year and it’s supported multiple users the whole time. Not sure what OP is referring to. Edit: I should note, I’m talking about Bitwarden_rs. Maybe the official one doesn’t? That’s be strange though given it supposedly the same one the hosted version is running with a license lock on some features.