After this week’s news on 1Password forcing users to the crappy experience of being an Electron app, I started to look for alternatives. I haven’t decided yet, but I’m considering the following options.
- Elpass: subscription-based, native iOS and macOS apps, looks good.
- Secrets: one-time payment, native iOS, and macOS apps, also look good.
- iCloud Keychain: free, built-in to iOS and macOS; also, it will have a couple of new features this autumn, like two-factor authentication.
- Update on 2021-08-14: Minimalist: I got this recommended in the comments, looks pretty cool as well.
I’m leaning toward iCloud Keychain because, nowadays, I like to use the built-in tools of the Apple ecosystem.
The only question I have with iCloud Keychain is where to store passwords of my servers and a couple of app licenses? I think the built-in Keychain app on macOS will be OK for this. It can store arbitrary username/password pairs (great for servers), and it has secure notes which can hold the small number of serial numbers I have.
Right now, the next step is to clean out my old passwords from my 1Password and iCloud Keychain databases before starting the migration process.
@Bitwarden ?
Az is Electron.
Check it too:
– Safe in Cloud (free on macOS, one time payment on iOS)
– Minimalist Password Manager (Swift)
– Dashlane (Catalyst macOS app)
Minimalist Password Manager is actually looks pretty cool! Thanks!
Pár évig keepasst használtam, MacOS-en macpassapp.org iOS-en keepass touch.
I’d recommend KeePass compatibles:
– “Strongbox” offers native apps for ios and macos, can do subscription or one time payment. It’s integrated with Autofill feature, works perfectly on ios. However on macos Autofill doesn’t work with browsers other than Safari yet.
– If you don’t mind Electron, why not try “Keeweb”? Completely free and opensource, crosses all platforms, and it has a reasonable memory usage on mac. (see the end of: https://github.com/keeweb/keeweb/issues/1580)
– Also “KeePassXC” works fine on windows and mac, writen in C++ with a QT UI. Memory usage is very small on windows (~50m), larger on mac (~200m) but very stable.
One good thing about Keepass is that, you can use a KeyFile to encrypt databases along with your master password, just like 1password’s secrete key. If you distribute your keyfile offline between your devices, it will significantly enhance the isotropy of the database’s encryption.
I use the app for the utility as a password vault. I don’t care if it’s written in C or COBOL. It just needs to be secure and usable. I don’t think users will give a damn.
Check out feedback on 1Password’s forums, Reddit, and Twitter. They are giving a damn.