I just switched back to vaultwarden. My vaultwarden data is backed up as part of my nightly backups. Desktop and android use bitwarden clients. Seeing as https://codeberg.org/small-hack/open-slopware/src/branch/main states keepassxc is using AI to create PRs. Otherwise you could see how seafile might work for you to sync your keepass db. If you are on android with termux you can run syncthing in termux which also works and avoids the issue with the syncthing fork
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i self host, and back up, vaultwarden, and use bitwarden in browser and android.
KeePass2Android:
I use keepass2android and "sync" via its native WebDAV support with my nextcloud instance as the source. Been working great forever.
Passwords Nextcloud app
I share your sentiment about Syncthing-Fork and the botched handoff to researchxxl. I have yet to implement the Termux-based workaround that allows me to use Syncthing from the browser without the Android app / wrapper. It looks pretty clean as it's just pure Syncthing with a little starter script.
For say a keypass db you don't need even that, Just sshd gets you rsync on your computer with cron or systemd timer / service... Personally I just use an old version of Syncthing-Fork though, security implications for local network are minimal.
Tbh, I've never bothered to figure out how SSHing into an Android device works.
You're right about the security of older versions of Synching-Fork if you remember to configure it to only do syncs locally (it's not configured like that by default).
I migrated out of keypass and into vaultwarden, not looked back since.
I use passwordstore.org which is basically a bash script that wraps GPG; but there is an Android client as well.
Everything is stored in encrypted files tracked by git. Files are synchronized by git/SSH to a server I run.
I actually used pass many years ago and I quite enjoyed it, except for the fact that the entry names are presented in clear text. You'd also have to manage your GPG secret which I'm not a fan of (in fact, my password manager is how I usually manage GPG and SSH keys in the first place). On the other hand, I guess you should keep a key file on each device on top of a passphrase even if you use a KeePass database, so I guess that point is moot. There are also no good way to include attachments. At that point Vaultwarden feels more convenient, but the more I'm thinking about it, the more I'm warming up to the idea. We'll see, maybe I'll give it a shot again.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Edit: I did some quick research and I found this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-qBChKG15Y
It brings up some pretty important security concern that still seem to be relevant.
Are there mechanisms for fully automatic synchronization on every file change and every initialization in the Android and console apps for password-store out of the box these days? Using Syncthing with password-store at the moment to get a user experience as close to that as possible. Had to switch from the Android app to Termux and the CLI because the app no longer supports usage with Syncthing.
I'm running the standard version of syncthing through termux at the moment. It lacks some of the power management options, but otherwise I've experienced no issues.
Keepass for Android, my database is stored on OneDrive. Easy access on my win pc and android (KPA has built in sync for many cloud storage providers)
I don't update my Keepass db often enough to need syncing. Maybe every other week or so I just pull the latest backup from my desktop from backblaze b2 to my phone, or if I change something on the phone, I send a copy to myself using signal "note to self." Then I manually merge the databases.
Pretty low-tech.
Yeah, I have a tendency to modify my database quite often. I often make new accounts, add attachments, modify passphrases on older accounts, etc. I modify it several times a week. I might be an outlier, and in that case I understand why people don't consider this to be a huge problem haha.
What's the problem with Nextcloud? I use KeepassDX (on android, KeepassXC on desktop) with the database on Nextcloud and don't have any problem syncing.
This issue: https://github.com/nextcloud/android/issues/19
I ain't reading all that... All I can say is, sync (both ways) with Keepass & Nextcloud on Android works just fine for me.
I still think a syncthing client of some form is ideal. As someone else mentioned there is the option of using the Syncthing Tray devs experimental android build. To avoid issues with sync-conflicts / maintain high-availability access to the most recent file, I sync the databse to a raspberry pi with the encryption option selected (not that the pi is untrusted per se, but it is a device that doesn't need access to the file, it just serves the most recent changes to other devices since often my laptop / phone / desktop are not all on at the same time).
I use proton and it seems to work just fine for me
I'm looking for a selfhosted alternative, I'm not really to keen to place all of my password eggs into one company basket so to speak. But yes, other than that, Proton is a good choice (but I'd probably go with Bitwarden personally). Thank you.
Understandable why you would want to selfhost. I also use proton and for me it is something that I would rather pay for so I don't have to administer it. I also hope they'll keep improving the auto-fill experience.
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Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| CF | CloudFlare |
| Git | Popular version control system, primarily for code |
| NAS | Network-Attached Storage |
| SSH | Secure Shell for remote terminal access |
| VPS | Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting) |
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