hashpass VS vaultwarden

It's a good idea that I've considered. However, I didn't anticipate the need for this when I originally designed Hashpass in 2014, and adding it now would be a breaking change.

I am still considering it, but there would need to be a very slow, very careful rollout plan. Probably some transition period where users can opt into the new scheme, and then eventually make the new scheme the default but still support the old scheme, and finally remove the old scheme to make things simple again.

Since this is a Chrome extension which collects no information from users, I have no way of contacting users about this. So I would need to wait long enough that users discover it themselves in the UI. All told, I'd guess it would take about a year for the full migration.

Still, it's not unlike me to go to great lengths to remove minor annoyances like this.

Anyone is welcome to discuss things like this with me via GitHub issues: https://github.com/stepchowfun/hashpass

To people who want to self-host this, look at Vaultwarden which is a fully compatible alternate server with even more features:

https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

Been running it for a year with 0 issues.

For passwords and 2FA I use Bitwarden in combination with a self-hosted Vaultwarden service (for imcreased security and use of pro features for free).

Vaultwarden as Password-Safe

I have a lot of software that I host myself on my home server, partly to save money but also because I want to control my own data. For example, I host VaultWarden which is the open source server for BitWarden. This gives me all the premium features for free with the added bonus of keeping my passwords out of the cloud.

Self hosting is incredibly easy with vaultwarden (https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden)

I have now switched to using the BitWarden app with the self-hosted VaultWarden server. I have set it up, so my passwords are only accessible when connected to my home network either physically or with a VPN (I am using tailscale for this).