Hacker News Reader

Comment by andag | Hacker News Reader

Going proprietary is one thing, but doing it in several steps in different repos and saying nothing about it I really don't like...

What are open alternatives at this point?

View on HN

Buttercup[0] looks promising.

[0]: https://buttercup.pw/

Truely does, yeah - just in case you were wondering like me: it syncs to file, which are supposed to be shared via some cloud sync mechanism you provide.

The KeePass ecosystem has gotten a little bit better. It's still not exactly seamless. File sync across all of Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS and Android seems to involve either proprietary user-hostile sync tools or dealing with lots of jank.

As far as I can tell, the only competitor with a similar feature set that even claims to be open-source is Proton Pass. But I can't find any information on whether the server side can be self-hosted.

KeePass as an ecosystem (and possibly other file-based ecosystems) is something I’ve used for around a decade, and while it’s not perfect, I am 100% sure it will be there for me in another decade. I want to own my passwords, and KeePass feels like a safe pair of hands that won’t turn hostile when I’m not looking.

IMO, the secret to keeping the passwords synced with KeePass, is to make sure your client has a direct feature to sync the passwords database to a remote server - SFTP, DAV, SMB, etc. Then all you need to do is to set up a single remote file share to serve that file. Or sync manually, assuming your passwords change slowly - KeePass 2 can sync changes automatically between KDBX files.

Windows, Linux, Android are pretty easily + reliably covered by SyncThing.

What's the best story for iOS or MacOS?

Meanwhile: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41895718

While there seems to be an alternative, the root cause of Google's hostility to foss apps does not make me optimistic about this being a stable solution in the long run :(

Android is not anymore

https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-androi...

Strongbox - I’ve been using it for the past two years. It’s been rock solid and has gotten a few useful updates in that time.

here’s an older of comment of mine for more details: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36022210

Reply on news.ycombinator.com