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As a user that made the switch to bitwarden the last time 1Password tried their shift to the membership-only options some 1-2 years ago, it is an excellent replacement. I do miss some better search / sorting functionality, but otherwise this works great with a local server that I maintain for keeping my Mac, Ubuntu, Windows and Android devices in sync.

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Bitwarden costs only what is it 10 or 12 USD a year. LastPass costs 24 USD, and 1Password 36 USD. If you need 2FA. If you don't need 2FA then it doesn't cost as much, but I think you still have a device limit.

Bitwarden's clients are FOSS. There's a 3rd party FOSS server for it available written in Ruby. So you could even self-host.

[EDIT: there's one written in Rust as well! [1] [2]]

[1] https://github.com/jcs/rubywarden

[2] https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs

You can also self-host the original server, it's under AGPL[0]. I'm using this atm, and yes, I pay for the organization feature, though I could easily adjust the code to unlock it. It just doesn't feel right (same goes for the 3rd party FOSS server). But that's just me.

[0]: https://github.com/bitwarden/server

IIRC, LastPass increased to $36/yr which made me switch to Bitwarden. $10/yr with better functionality and UX

That would be a good option if they supported all of their clients equally, but the developer has pretty much said that he's not going to update the extension to support Safari 13. As a Safari user, it's not a good option.

Does BitWarden support "family" use-cases, where you share passwords between multiple accounts?

Yes. Family plan is just $1/month for 5 users and self-hosting as an option.

The free tier supports 2 users sharing.

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