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Just out of curiosity, as someone who selfhosts Bitwarden, how is 1Password so much more polished? I’ve never used 1Pass. Just, I’m always amazed by how well B

Just out of curiosity, as someone who selfhosts Bitwarden, how is 1Password so much more polished? I’ve never used 1Pass. Just, I’m always amazed by how well Bitwarden works and how there’s not really features I’m lacking.

hirvi74 6y ago
As someone who switched form 1Password to Bitwarden a year or so ago, there are a few features I miss: 1. The ability to customize keybindings. 2. If try to autofill a form field, and BW is locked, then nothing happens. The same task in 1P will actually prompt me to unlock 1P, then I am able to autofill the field. 3. If create an account for a site not saved in BW, and BW is locked, then I am not prompted to save the login. However, 1P will prompt to unlock itself so that I may save the login. Also, the prompt for saving logins rarely works for me using BW, but worked rather well for me using 1P. 4. BW is not as keen as 1P for auto-filling various form fields 5. I like storing software licenses, wi-fi passwords, bank accounts, etc. in 1P vs. secure notes in BW. 6. I am not a fan of BW's folders for organizing logins. 7. BW relies too heavily on mouse usage for my liking. I felt that 1P had much better keyboard navigation. There are probably other things I am missing, but with all that being said, I still have not left BW to return to 1P nor do I plan to anytime soon. Though, I will admit I miss many features from 1P still.
herrvogel- 6y ago
Two things i miss in Bitwarden coming from 1Password are: 1. One shortcut for unlocking and auto filling. There is a long open issue[1]. 2. Not needing to unlock the extension to add a new login entry. 1Password just detects new logins even when the vault is locked. Otherwise Bitwarden is really solid. [1] https://community.bitwarden.com/t/autofill-shortcut-should-open-login-window-when-vault-is-locked/1494 https://community.bitwarden.com/t/autofill-shortcut-should-o...
- loginatnine 6y ago
  There's an open PR for 1. though it's ignored by the maintainers unfortunately https://github.com/bitwarden/browser/pull/987/files https://github.com/bitwarden/browser/pull/987/files
8fingerlouie 6y ago
Besides what others have mentioned, there is one feature i really miss from not just bitwarden but almost every other password manager. I basically just want a password manager that can store my secrets (2FA tokens included!) in an encrypted format, integrates with filling passwords on desktops and handheld devices, _AND is able to (two way) synchronize this encrypted storage as a simple file to whatever storage i prefer. That might be iCloud, OneDrive, WebDAV, S3, or simply just a SMB server on my local network. My main negative point about Bitwarden is that it either requires me to store passwords in a cloud on a subscription service, or it requires me to selfhost something. Selfhosting is (probably) fine if we're talking a Plex server or something that isn't mission critical, but hosting a bitwarden server suddenly requires me to be a sysadm in my spare time, something i'd rather keep to my daytime job (and nights when operations calls, and weekends when things needs upgrading). The only password manager i've found that ticks most boxes is password-store (https://www.passwordstore.org/ https://www.passwordstore.org/), but it lacks in browser integration, and by default leaks web addresses for the stored secrets. Other than that it works well. It's self contained, and uses git for synchronization, meaning i can be "on the go", add a password, and synchronize it to a local git service on my LAN when i get back home, or in case i need it on another platform _now_, i can connect through VPN and synchronize.

hirvi74 6y ago

As someone who switched form 1Password to Bitwarden a year or so ago, there are a few features I miss: 1. The ability to customize keybindings. 2. If try to autofill a form field, and BW is locked, then nothing happens. The same task in 1P will actually prompt me to unlock 1P, then I am able to autofill the field. 3. If create an account for a site not saved in BW, and BW is locked, then I am not prompted to save the login. However, 1P will prompt to unlock itself so that I may save the login. Also, the prompt for saving logins rarely works for me using BW, but worked rather well for me using 1P. 4. BW is not as keen as 1P for auto-filling various form fields 5. I like storing software licenses, wi-fi passwords, bank accounts, etc. in 1P vs. secure notes in BW. 6. I am not a fan of BW's folders for organizing logins. 7. BW relies too heavily on mouse usage for my liking. I felt that 1P had much better keyboard navigation. There are probably other things I am missing, but with all that being said, I still have not left BW to return to 1P nor do I plan to anytime soon. Though, I will admit I miss many features from 1P still.

herrvogel- 6y ago

Two things i miss in Bitwarden coming from 1Password are: 1. One shortcut for unlocking and auto filling. There is a long open issue[1]. 2. Not needing to unlock the extension to add a new login entry. 1Password just detects new logins even when the vault is locked. Otherwise Bitwarden is really solid. [1] https://community.bitwarden.com/t/autofill-shortcut-should-open-login-window-when-vault-is-locked/1494 https://community.bitwarden.com/t/autofill-shortcut-should-o...

loginatnine 6y ago
There's an open PR for 1. though it's ignored by the maintainers unfortunately https://github.com/bitwarden/browser/pull/987/files https://github.com/bitwarden/browser/pull/987/files

8fingerlouie 6y ago

Besides what others have mentioned, there is one feature i really miss from not just bitwarden but almost every other password manager. I basically just want a password manager that can store my secrets (2FA tokens included!) in an encrypted format, integrates with filling passwords on desktops and handheld devices, _AND is able to (two way) synchronize this encrypted storage as a simple file to whatever storage i prefer. That might be iCloud, OneDrive, WebDAV, S3, or simply just a SMB server on my local network. My main negative point about Bitwarden is that it either requires me to store passwords in a cloud on a subscription service, or it requires me to selfhost something. Selfhosting is (probably) fine if we're talking a Plex server or something that isn't mission critical, but hosting a bitwarden server suddenly requires me to be a sysadm in my spare time, something i'd rather keep to my daytime job (and nights when operations calls, and weekends when things needs upgrading). The only password manager i've found that ticks most boxes is password-store (https://www.passwordstore.org/ https://www.passwordstore.org/), but it lacks in browser integration, and by default leaks web addresses for the stored secrets. Other than that it works well. It's self contained, and uses git for synchronization, meaning i can be "on the go", add a password, and synchronize it to a local git service on my LAN when i get back home, or in case i need it on another platform _now_, i can connect through VPN and synchronize.