desktop VS pass-import

Compare desktop vs pass-import and see what are their differences.

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The desktop vault (Windows, macOS, & Linux). (by bitwarden)
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desktop

Posts with mentions or reviews of desktop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-20.
  • PSA: You should change your password manager's clipboard settings now (Bitwarden among them)
    2 projects | /r/Bitwarden | 20 Jan 2023
    There have been requests. So far there hasn’t been an easy way to implement it, unfortunately: https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/90
  • How do I verify the authenticity of the Bitwarden download?
    1 project | /r/Bitwarden | 16 Sep 2022
  • My bug report got purged in a clearance, do how do I confirm it as still being an issue?
    3 projects | /r/Bitwarden | 29 Aug 2022
    If you activate the 'minimize when copying to clipboard' option in preferences, but need to copy something that is set to require master password confirmation, Bitwarden just minimises without copying the password. I made a ticket for that in GitHub in august '21, but that was closed after a 'reorganization' in April. My head was not in the space to check for this problem then, but I checked it now and the problem persists with version 2022.8.1. Of cause I appreciate help with the actual problem, but how do I best let Bitwarden know that this problem persists?
  • Bitwarden Uninstall Itself at Update
    1 project | /r/Bitwarden | 2 Jun 2022
    I ended up installing previous version https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/releases/tag/v1.33.0
  • Vote for the Bitwarden flatpak app to become official
    3 projects | /r/Fedora | 25 Apr 2022
    $ rpm -qp —scripts https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/releases/download/v1.33.0/Bitwarden-1.33.0-x86_64.rpm postinstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh): #!/bin/bash # Link to the binary ln -sf ‘/opt/Bitwarden/bitwarden’ ‘/usr/bin/bitwarden’ # SUID chrome-sandbox for Electron 5+ chmod 4755 ‘/opt/Bitwarden/chrome-sandbox’ || true update-mime-database /usr/share/mime || true update-desktop-database /usr/share/applications || true postuninstall scriptlet (using /bin/sh): #!/bin/bash # Delete the link to the binary rm -f '/usr/bin/bitwarden'
    1 project | /r/Bitwarden | 25 Apr 2022
    In 2019, an issue was opened in GitHub suggesting for the dev team to manage the flatpak application. Currently, the flatpak that is present in Flathub isn't official and this is a security risk, because that's about passwords.
  • Bitwarden 1.32.1 keeps asking to be updated and not updating on pc
    2 projects | /r/Bitwarden | 26 Mar 2022
    Thanks for the feedback everyone, you can follow the latest updates for this issue on Github.
  • Need An Ealier Version Of Bitwarden
    2 projects | /r/Bitwarden | 23 Mar 2022
    Thanks, these were the answers I was looking for too. Being a newb, which of these file links do I need to re-install on an old MacOS 10.11? https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/releases/tag/v1.31.3
  • [LTT on Steam Deck] Windows isn’t always better……
    1 project | /r/linux_gaming | 13 Mar 2022
    During all this, libsecret was updated which broke Webex (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/webex-bin#comment-855518). Couldn't find a good way to downgrade a package so I ended up installing some fork of libsecret which got Webex working again. Also, there was an electron update which I think has caused Bitwarden to spew Javascript errors. Someone made a Github issue about the error and although I don't think he quite understands what he's doing, that looks like the same error I was getting - https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/1338.
  • Premium not showing in my desktop app
    1 project | /r/Bitwarden | 10 Feb 2022
    Following an upgrade to version 1.31.0 of the Bitwarden desktop client, I noticed that I could no longer view OTP keys. I then discovered that my Premium status is no longer reflected in the desktop client, but I am indeed classified as a Premium member on the Bitwarden website. This appears to be a bug in version 1.31.0 and has been reported to the Github bug tracker: https://github.com/bitwarden/desktop/issues/1309

pass-import

Posts with mentions or reviews of pass-import. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-13.
  • End of Life for Twilio Authy Desktop App
    13 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Feb 2024
  • I Know What Your Password Was Last Summer
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Feb 2024
    > I always tell these people to just sign up for a password manager and they always resist and say no. I must be missing something obvious.

    Maybe they don't want to be relying on a random third-party for all their passwords?

    Rather than getting them to sign up for a password manager, what about getting them to install a password manager? I use https://www.passwordstore.org/ - it encrypts your passwords with GPG, and shares the storage via a Git repository for synchronisation between different machines.

  • Command Line Interface Guidelines
    8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Feb 2024
    That way you can delegate the password handling to another program, e.g. a password manager like pass(1) (https://www.passwordstore.org/) or some interactive graphical prompt.
  • Passit: Open-Source Password Manager
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jan 2024
    I want to move to something compatible with https://www.passwordstore.org/ - an open standard for keeping your passwords in a folder encrypted with OpenPGP.

    The problem is that I'm nervous to give an unknown Android app and browser plugin total control of my passwords and access to my github account when I don't have time to review it's code properly. I have a bit more trust ing the command line tools, but I'd like to be sure that more people are looking at the code before I trust my life to it.

  • Ask HN: Best Password Manager without cloud login?
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 4 Jan 2024
    > Create a system or pattern based on url or brand and mentally hash it into a password.

    Doesn't sound very secure. Also when you realize that you anyway have to trust cryptography, I believe it starts making a lot of sense to have an actual cryptographic key and encrypt it with one good random password you learn by heart.

    I use pass https://www.passwordstore.org/, which encrypts my passwords with my GPG key, which comes from my Yubikey, which I unlock with a password. That means that I only need to remember one password, and it feels a lot more secure than your pattern based on url or brand.

  • Do you trust password mangers?
    2 projects | /r/privacy | 10 Dec 2023
    i use pass and keep my database on a local git repo. it encrypts your passwords with gpg and is a really simple command line program
  • Comment gérez-vous vos mots de passe ?
    4 projects | /r/france | 6 Dec 2023
  • Best way to store and Encrypt passwords? Need advice on my method...
    1 project | /r/DataHoarder | 4 Dec 2023
    If you want portability and simplicity, there's a project called simply pass that uses standard *nix utilities (and git, I believe) to manage passwords from CLI.
  • Bitwarden Broken in Linux
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 17 Nov 2023
    0. Pass is just text files encrypted with gpg. I needed just one password on one work computer, where I had my gpg key, but not all my passwords. Decrypted the file and that was it.

    1. There are plugins and web clients: https://www.passwordstore.org/#extensions

  • Bitwarden Adds Support for Passkeys
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Nov 2023
    I've been incredibly happy with https://www.passwordstore.org/ for years. The data store is a file hierarchy, with the files themselves encrypted with GPG. Sync is via git. TOTP support with a plugin.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing desktop and pass-import you can also consider the following projects:

bitwarden - Bitwarden client applications (web, browser extension, desktop, and cli) [Moved to: https://github.com/bitwarden/clients]

vaultwarden - Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs

rbw - unofficial bitwarden cli

gopass - The slightly more awesome standard unix password manager for teams

notion-app - Notion for Linux

Bitwarden - The core infrastructure backend (API, database, Docker, etc).

bitwarden_rs - Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs [Moved to: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden]

rofi-pass - rofi frontend for pass

forge - :electron: A complete tool for building and publishing Electron applications

KeeWeb - Free cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass

notion-linux - Native Notion packages for Linux

Pass4Win - Windows version of Pass (http://www.passwordstore.org/)