Hi y’all! Sorry for asking so much on this sub! Y’all have been so helpful!
This time, I’m thinking of transitioning from 1Password to a self-hosted option.
Of course I know about Bitwarden, and I’m looking into it now, but are there any other recommendations y’all have? Have y’all heard of and used Passbolt? It seems nice, but it looks like it only does passwords and not other categories like 1Password does.
A few things of note: I’d like it to have different categories, a la 1Password. (Logins, SSN, ID, member card #, etc) Maybe multi-user so I can have an account for my wife. Password generator of course, and I’m not sure if y’all are familiar too much with 1password, but it allows you to customize the fields in each entry. So it starts with the basics (username, password, url), but it allows you to add sections and entries too! I could add a “security” and add my 2FA code on there, my backup codes, etc.
Honestly, that last one is a biggie, so I think I might be talking myself out of moving over now, but I’m sure that AgileBits or whatever the company is called will abandon, if it hasn’t already, 1Password 7 with local vaults, in favor of 1Password 8 that only uses 1password subscription accounts.
Sorry for the rant and wall of text. Thank y’all in advance.
Update on July 21, 2023
I decided to self-host Vaultwarden as it was designed to be a lightweight (on resources) version of Bitwarden. For Android, I’m using the “Keyguard” app to access my instance, and the official Bitwarden browser extension on my wife’s MacBook. 1password fucked me over, and I had to manually copy every password 1 by 1, luckily I only had ~500 entries.
I’m still doing some research into the best app for android (the official Bitwarden is ugly, and Keyguard is pretty, but I’m still looking around.)
Thank each and every one of you for taking time to answer my question!
I’m reading through it, but maybe you can anwser it faster.
Does this support generating 2FA authenticator codes like 1password does?
I see it says authenticatior support, but I’m not sure if that means what I think it means in this case.
https://bitwarden.com/help/install-on-premise-linux/
https://bitwarden.com/blog/new-deployment-option-for-self-hosting-bitwarden/
If you want the non forked stack that gets regular security tests published.
https://keepassxc.org as Password manager and 2FA and https://syncthing.net to sync the database between your devices without a central server.
- You can have several databases (one for wife, one for you)
- You can store your 2FA there
- You can make nested groups of your passwords
- You can store certificates and other attachments as files or custom fields like backup codes, etc.
Don’t use Keepass or KeepassX but the KeepassXC version is the community version most polished and with most functionality.
There are many 3rd party clients which can read/write the keepassx database file like:
- https://keepassium.com/ for iOS
- https://apps.gnome.org/app/org.gnome.World.Secrets/ for GNOME/Linux
Instead of Syncthing you can also use some other file sync if you have it set up already like iCloud, Nextcloud, Dropbox, but Syncthing I find is the easiest set up and forget.
I use keepassxc and save the DB in WebDAV. Can’t imagine it getting easier. Can access it from any device.
Doing pretty much the same thing but using the android app from AuthPass with backup to my Nextcloud. (It uses kdbx to store the passwords)
I do this exact same setup but one thing to add to your answer and be aware of is that syncthing is not a backup solution. If you delete the files on one computer, those files will be deleted on the other synced devices. And accidents can happen.
So, as always, take backups.
Yeah, it always stresses me out when I see people saying that synchthing is a backup solution… (not that OP did here)
I’m using passwordstore + self hosted git server.
Passwordstore uses gpg for the encryption layer which combine fine with ssh (used to connect to the private repo).
I’m using qtpass as gui and there is also a client for Android named password store
I like Buttercup. It’s open source and pretty simple to use. I personally just keep mine on dropbox so my mac, linux, ios, windows and android devices can all access it. https://github.com/buttercup/buttercup-desktop
You can install Vaultwarden instead of Bitwarden. Differences between Vaultwarden and Bitwarden by reference.
Is it just me or does that “comparison” make no sense for this thread. It’s mostly comparing vaultwarden to the cloud version of bitwarden, not the self hosted version. It only mentions the self hosted version in passing. It doesn’t do anything to help someone choose between vaultwarden and self hosted bitwarden
Not sure why someone would. Bitwarden provides their own self-host repos and docs and is working on a unified container instead of docker-compose scripts for their production stack.
I’ve been using their stack for the last 6 years and only issues I’ve ran into were my fault. Also tested their container and will be switching to that soon.
Don’t you have to pay to use premium features on your own server with their official software? With Vaultwarden you get all premium features unlocked for free on an infinite amount of devices.
