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Well darn, I guess I have to find a new password manager. 1Pass + Dropbox sync was so good.

Unless they remove support for local vaults from their mobile apps, you can continue using the classic self-synced method. I sync my 1Password vault across Android and Windows using SyncThing, using 1Password 7 and the legacy browser extension in Firefox. I don't get the inline 1Password prompt in password inputs, but that's the only disadvantage (Ctrl+Alt+\ brings up the password selector anywhere in the OS, not just the browser).

In fact, if you're okay with only editing/creating password entries on your phone, you don't even need to pay for the desktop app, because you can use it in read-only mode. The Android app has no limitation to editing local vaults, and it's pretty rare for me to actually have to set up new accounts these days, so I'm fine doing it on my phone. I considered paying for 1Password X (their online offering), but it's simply not worth $45 per year for that minor convenience. I can't complain at all, because I use 1Password completely for free.

They have, as far as I can tell. Last month I tried to set up a new 1PW installation and exhaustively searched through the app menus - no sign of standalone vault support anywhere.

It's possible that it was hidden because I had previously signed in to my work's 1PW account, maybe, or that it's hidden too well for me to find. I don't know, and would be happy to learn either way.

I just tried it on Android (after resetting the app), and it's still an option to use a local vault at first setup.

iirc (it has been a while since I used it), this fits with what I saw. You could do it if you set it up as a local vault at the very beginning, and add a web account on top of it, but if you started with a web account it was not an option at all.

I fully expect that to happen. And it will catch many people unawares when their iOS app automatically updates and prompts them to "upgrade" to the sync service.

I have been using pwSafe across iOS, macos and Windows for years now, the file db was stored in Dropbox, now I moved it to iCloud.

https://pwsafe.info/ for Mac and iOS https://pwsafe.org/ for Windows

The underlying file format is opensource and developed by Bruce Schneier.

I've been using KeePass with Syncthing for some time. No problem if you only need to update the database from a single location and access as read-only from the rest, but there are also solutions for shared updating.

Same situation here. I guess my setup will break once they remove dropbox sync from the android app.

Just save your vault as a local folder and sync it yourself. I use SyncThing.

I think the problem here is that 1Password wants to remove "standalone" vaults altogether, preventing any form of 3rd party sync solution.

Exactly—there are two major changes: the Electron change (which I'm 'meh' on, but could accept on its own), plus entirely dropping support for local vaults in version 8.

KeePass + Dropbox works, and you can sync to Android from Dropbox with KeePass2Android.

The real advantage of KeePass(XC), at least for me, is that it can be used to store so much more than simply user/password.

I use it to securely store notes and important files.

Ive been using enpass for a while, I really like it but I dont see a lot of love for it on HN which worries me a bit…

That’s my setup too - but now I’m running into 1Password changes and the Dropbox free tier restrictions

I might just hold out with the 1password 7 and dropbox for as long as I can...

I have used the Dropbox sync for a long time.

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