Video by The Linux Cast via YouTube
The best open source password managers for Linux – and why nothing you do for your security matters more than using one.
I go through five: Vaultwarden, the self-hosted Bitwarden server you can run in a Docker container; KeePassXC, the offline encrypted vault with no server at all; Proton Pass, the managed option I use myself and the one with the best 2FA support; GNU Pass, the minimal CLI password manager you can script with Rofi or dmenu; and Psono, fully self-hostable with password sharing built in.
Along the way I cover self hosting, syncing your vault between devices, two factor authentication, browser extensions, CLI clients, and the free versus paid split on each one.
Bitwarden isn’t on the list, and I explain why in the first two minutes.
If you use a password manager I didn’t cover, tell me in the comments.
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==== Referenced ====
THE FIVE
Vaultwarden – https://vaultwarden.net
KeePassXC – https://keepassxc.org
Proton Pass – https://proton.me/pass
GNU Pass – https://www.passwordstore.org
Psono – https://psono.com
ALSO MENTIONED
Bitwarden – https://bitwarden.com
Bitwarden clients and browser extensions – https://bitwarden.com/download/
Vaultwarden source – https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden
Rofi – https://github.com/davatorium/rofi
dmenu – https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
passmenu – https://git.zx2c4.com/password-store/tree/contrib/dmenu
Syncthing – https://syncthing.net
KeePass – https://keepass.info
==== Time Stamps ====
0:00 Why this matters more than anything else
1:48 1 – Vaultwarden
3:18 2 – KeePassXC
5:16 3 – Proton Pass
8:00 4 – GNU Pass
9:29 5 – Psono
11:07 The ones that didn’t make the list
11:37 Which one I actually use
12:30 Thanks for watching
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