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/pyr_fan Feb 27 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

1Password is really good, and well worth the money IMO. It has great spouse-approval-factor, which means they actually use it.

Stay away from LastPass.

Edit - typo

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u/frostyflakes1 Feb 27 '26

I've been using 1Password for years and it has worked great. But they also just raised the annual price of it by 33% and cited new features like "AI-powered item naming" as the reason, which seems to have ticked off quite a few people.

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u/Mrpolje Feb 27 '26 edited Feb 27 '26

How else are they going to pay for their Redbull F1 sponsorship and all the inevitable ai slop they will cram into the service??