What do you use for syncing your password manager between your Android phone and your PC? Apparently Nextcloud doesn’t support two-way syncing on Android for some reason, and Syncthing-Fork is still untrustworthy since the disastrous handover. The AI generated profile picture of researchxxl doesn’t exactly inspire confidence either, neither does his GitHub bio:

Hi! My name is Jonas and I like to use my coding skills from games and modding to continue work on the Syncthing for Android wrapper.

Everything about this person screams vibe coder.

Bitwarden is an alternative, but I don’t like how non-standard it is. It’s cumbersome to manage and backup, meanwhile the KeePass format is just a file that I can backup wherever and however I want and there are many frontends to choose from.

Have you solved this?

  • versionc@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    4·
    24 hours ago

    Yeah, that’s a good point. There are still a few cons though:

    1. If the server goes down (or your internet connection goes down), you can’t add entries to your database. Local changes aren’t allowed.
    2. Bitwarden doesn’t support supplementing your passphrase with a key file.
    3. The Bitwarden clients aren’t enitrely FOSS as far as I understand, the SDK used has a non-free license.

    There are pros and cons in both alternatives, and there is unfortunately not a perfect solution. I like the idea and philosophy behind the KeePass format, so the increase in syncing complexity is worth it (for now at least).

    • JasSmith@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      13 hours ago

      Vaultwarden is FOSS (GPL).

      It’s true re adding passwords while the server is offline, but my server runs 24x7 and it’s never down for more than a few minutes. If it goes down, I fix it. I also backup the encrypted DB regularly to cloud, so there is little risk of data loss. I am a very satisfied Vaultwarden user. Especially because it allows password sharing with my family. Everyone has an account.