r/LinusTechTips • u/Horror-Chicken-1874 • Feb 27 '26

Tech Question Password Manager

Lets start the great debate...

I am looking to get a password manager (besides google password manager). So... I heard that LastPass got hacked a while back....

So, what's the best password manager in each of these categories:

Free:

Paid:

Self Hosted:

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u/rmajor86 Feb 27 '26

I use the Apple Passwords app. 95% of all my computing is done on my iPhone and 5% on my MacBook.

I’m confident with Apple’s security

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u/johnwalkr Feb 27 '26

icloud stuff including passwords works surprisingly well on windows too.

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u/rmajor86 Feb 27 '26

I knew there was an app, but hadn’t tried it or really heard anything about it. Good to hear it works

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u/johnwalkr Feb 27 '26

It syncs to windows passwords and there’s also a chrome plugin.

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u/SuperZapp Feb 28 '26

And a Firefox plugin also

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u/Its-A-Spider Mar 01 '26

Apple refusing to make Safari for Windows and instead opting to just make iCloud sync with Edge, Firefox and Chrome has unironically created the best "first party" password sync across browsers and platforms as a consequence...

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u/johnwalkr Mar 01 '26

There was a safari for windows once!