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I'm new to Linux. Is there a good overview of different password managers out there? Switching off Apple Keychain so looking for some basics.

Apple made it easy so I didn't think about the concept much so not sure what I need. Is a password manager just for all my browser logins?

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Bitwarden offers a browser extension you can use, I use it daily. You create a master password which only you know and then you can auto fill and generate new password just like Apple Keychain.

Wow that sounds great, and it can be self hosted too?

I've been curious about 1Password but it seems closed source and you can't self host so why bother. I'm leaving Apple for that reason.

I think you can self host with the browser extension, yeah. Personally I just use the standard hosting because I don’t have a good way to self-host but it shouldn’t be tied to any particular host.

The Arch Wiki has a good overview: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_of_applications#Passwo...

If you use pass (https://www.passwordstore.org/) there is also a Firefox extension in the offical Arch repos: https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/browserpass-fir...

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