Kinda funny. I helped get passit.io off the ground YEARS ago but we pivoted away from it because Bitwarden more or less ate our lunch. They just moved way faster.
Passit still works! Just as a webapp + chrome and FF extensions. I think we had an Android app too, dunno if that's still a thing.
Maybe if the best open source option is a less viable option, I should poke at its creator to revive it...
No they aren't. They have a minimum of 10 users on their cloud plans and no offers at all for individuals, except self hosting - and you can just use vaultwarden at that point anyway...
I've been keeping my eye on AliasVault[1]. Open-source, self-hostable or pay for cloud hosting, handles both email aliases and passwords.
I'll probably switch for password management once it has a proper security audit, and for email aliases once (if) they implement IMAP/SMTP or similar so reading emails isn't restricted to in-app.
Doesn’t it cost much more than BW? I don’t really understand if the main complaint is people worrying about losing the free option (which hasn’t even happened)
Not sure it makes sense on its own at $5 a month (currently discounted so $3), but as part of the Proton Ultimate package which gives you mail, VPN etc in addition it's not bad in my view. YMMV.
Worked well for me, I use it for non-critical web accounts and such. KeePass for the few core accounts etc.
For the closest experience, self-host Vaultwarden and keep using the bitwarden clients you're used to. They're GPL-3.0 and aren't going anywhere (and could be forked if there was ever drama).
If you want to fully disassociate from bitwarden, there are vaultwarden compatible 3rd party clients. I like Keyguard.
The Windows app for iCloud Passwords works fairly well, no real complaints about it to share. It can sometimes be a bit clunky and slow, though that's likely related to my environment rather than the app itself.
Would love it a ton more if it could offer an experience similar to BitWarden where you can view notes linked to logins or autofill credit card details with a single click from the browser extension. But overall it's really helpful.
I went with the classic: KeepassXC + Syncthing
All locally synced
There are sharing options but they are not really convenient, not a problem for me since I mostly don't share passwords
Keepass or one of its variants are great. Pair it with a shared folder via SyncThing/GDrive/Dropbox/whatever and you'll be set.
Kinda funny. I helped get passit.io off the ground YEARS ago but we pivoted away from it because Bitwarden more or less ate our lunch. They just moved way faster.
Passit still works! Just as a webapp + chrome and FF extensions. I think we had an Android app too, dunno if that's still a thing.
Maybe if the best open source option is a less viable option, I should poke at its creator to revive it...
Passbolt https://www.passbolt.com/
No they aren't. They have a minimum of 10 users on their cloud plans and no offers at all for individuals, except self hosting - and you can just use vaultwarden at that point anyway...
I've been keeping my eye on AliasVault[1]. Open-source, self-hostable or pay for cloud hosting, handles both email aliases and passwords.
I'll probably switch for password management once it has a proper security audit, and for email aliases once (if) they implement IMAP/SMTP or similar so reading emails isn't restricted to in-app.
[1]: https://www.aliasvault.net/
Proton Pass. Not ideal but actively developing and IMO its UX is way better than what I had with Bitwarden.
I think once url matching is added (which is now on their roadmap[1]), I'll try making the switch from my current password manager.
[1]: https://proton.me/blog/pass-roadmap-spring-summer-2026
Personal anecdote --- Proton Pass very quickly went from worse than Bitwarden to better with more reliable auto-fill.
Doesn’t it cost much more than BW? I don’t really understand if the main complaint is people worrying about losing the free option (which hasn’t even happened)
Not sure it makes sense on its own at $5 a month (currently discounted so $3), but as part of the Proton Ultimate package which gives you mail, VPN etc in addition it's not bad in my view. YMMV.
Worked well for me, I use it for non-critical web accounts and such. KeePass for the few core accounts etc.
For the closest experience, self-host Vaultwarden and keep using the bitwarden clients you're used to. They're GPL-3.0 and aren't going anywhere (and could be forked if there was ever drama).
If you want to fully disassociate from bitwarden, there are vaultwarden compatible 3rd party clients. I like Keyguard.
Depends on what you are looking for. I use keepass to store my password + syncthing to sync across devices
I left for Apples Passwords.app and never looked back. Of course, that has its own limitations if you are not bought into Apple's ecosystem.
Apple apparently has an iCloud app for Windows that syncs passwords and provides extensions for major browsers. I had no idea.
The Windows app for iCloud Passwords works fairly well, no real complaints about it to share. It can sometimes be a bit clunky and slow, though that's likely related to my environment rather than the app itself.
Would love it a ton more if it could offer an experience similar to BitWarden where you can view notes linked to logins or autofill credit card details with a single click from the browser extension. But overall it's really helpful.