Password Managers and why they are used

Finally, there's my conclusion about a Tweet I did over a year ago...

It was one of my best tweets regarding engagement was related to Password Managers and why people use them.

The question was:

What password manager(s) do you use (or do you?)

Takeaway for tweet succession

• It's good to start such a Tweet on weekends (start Saturday), around noon (12:34 this time) Central European Time.
• On Monday, you get almost no answers anymore
• Ask a simple question the target audience most likely has an opinion about
• Engage with further questions to create engagement and discussion
• Have a bit of luck
  
  

The Votes

The following is not a conclusive list. But, I distilled the 4 most mentioned Password Managers and the reasoning.

Bitwarden

• https://bitwarden.com
• 49 votes
• Bitwarden Twitter account caught up on the discussion

Why

• Free (and generous free plan)
• Open Source
• Self-hosting possible
• extensive 2FA with yubikey for paid version
• even paid version relatively cheap
• good family account
• by now there's even a bitwarden Rust server
  
  

1Password

• https://1password.com
• 17 votes

Why

• very convenient and easy to use
• first password manager to be used and stayed with it
• good family account
• builtin 2FA
• builtin ssh-agent
• very good autofill
  
  

Keepass(X|XC|DX)

• https://keepass.info
• 11 votes

Why

• OpenSource
• self-hosted
• offline/no cloud
  
  

LastPass

• https://www.lastpass.com
• 5 votes
• many used this in the past but changed to Bitwarden because they skipped the free cross-platform usage

Why

• good password generator
• very good autofill
• grouping
• protected notes

If you're further interested in this kind of topic, take a look at my password handler without storing passwords at all.

Also, as a developer one could think about using blackbox in combination with Git/GitHub.