Questions tagged [password-manager]
Use this tag for recommendations related to online and desktop based password managers, password storage and password generators.
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Portable way to ask for a secret the platform's password store?
On Linux, password managers like .netrc, pass, GNOME/Keyring, and KeePass/KeePassXC can be queried by other processes. I'm not as familiar with the first-party options for Windows, but the KeePassXC ...
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Password manager for Android requiring hardware security module for decryption (via NFC)
I'm looking for a password manager for Android where I can not only use a hardware security module (like for example a YubiKey or NitroKey) as a second factor, but where the HSM is actually doing the ...
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making sense of the password(-manager) landscape in 2025
Up until now I used a combination of my brain, the browsers saved passwords and keypass to remember my passwords. The experience has not been frictionless at all, for example when I lost my phone I ...
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Password manager recommendations
I am looking for a password manager that: is free supports 2fa codes, so that it could replace an authenticator app Syncs passwords and 2fa online (not self-hosted) Browser/phone integration, of ...
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Password manager that maintains recents list?
Is there a local password manager that automatically maintains a list of recently- or frequently-used passwords separately from seldom-used ones? Ideally but optionally: uses psafe3 format available ...
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Credentials manager with API
During application development one often needs to store sensitive information locally. Even when using services such as Azure Key Vault, there's always one remaining weak link where a final secret ...
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Is there any integration for Hashicorp Vault for Google Chrome?
I want to use Hashicorp's Vault for personal passwords. Is there any method of integrating it with Google Chrome, such as a Chrome Extension? I see there is a browser extension for Gopass and one for ...
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Good Password manager for web developers specifically
I am looking for a good reliable password manager for web developers. Specifically it would need to segregate credentials based on ports or subdomains. I have multiple projects debugged on http://...
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What is the best open source credential manager?
I am looking for an open source / free software password & credentials management tool, capable of isolation for various teams, able to store human passwords but also managing crypto keys for ...
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Real self-hosted password manager
I am looking for a password manager that doesn't have any intermediary entities between me and my vault. It has to have desktop versions for Windows and Linux (at least debian/ubuntu) and browser ...
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Most browser-like convenience password manager
Chrome password manager is super convenient - it autofills passwords on website automatically, has a one-click password generation. However the management of passwords is rather lackluster, there is ...
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Best software for editable encrypted password file
I am looking for a simple, portable, and cross-platform way to keep an encrypted password file. Right now I'm using https://encipher.it/ and emailing myself the encrypted text whenever I change it. ...
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password manager with multi-party (e.g. 2-of-N) authorisation required to unlock
Where I work we have a handful of passwords that should almost never be used, but we need to have available as a fallback. I'd like to protect these passwords from ordinary use by ensuring that no-one ...
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How family member can access my passwords if I'm incapacitated or dead?
I want to designate a certain person to be able to access my account credentials (e.g. the contents of my Bitwarden or LastPass) if and only if I'm dead or severely incapacitated (such as unresponsive ...
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Password manager that does not require entry of master password when strarting browser
I am looking for a password manager for a naive user. This means he has a tendency to close his browser when he is done with it, instead of just minimizing it. Teaching him not to do this is out of ...
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