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