In which I think out loud about Password Managers and take a closer look at 1Password and Bitwarden: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/04/09/Password-Manager-Angst

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Password Manager Angst

ongoing by Tim Bray
@timbray good post! I have been using 1Password since forever. I have a large password problem that it solves nicely.
It is overkill for the family so I have set up the Apple password app for them. It works much better because they actually use it. I never could get them to use 1Password.
I’ve had success stories with BitWarden in organizations. The ease of adding both internal and external users to a vault was a win for me. If I need a PM for a business I would probably use it again.

@timbray I'm always surprised how little love #pass gets in the #PasswordStore #security discussions.

It's from Jason A. Donenfeld - of #Wireguard fame - and it uses #git as it's "database" (i.e. files with version control) so you don't get any of the database corruption issues from which the other tools suffer.

https://www.passwordstore.org/

Pass: The Standard Unix Password Manager

Pass is the standard unix password manager, a lightweight password manager that uses GPG and Git for Linux, BSD, and Mac OS X.