Why I Use Bitwarden

I've been utilizing password managers for a decennary oregon so, with Bitwarden being my go-to password manager since 2021. I emotion it, and I don't program to power anytime soon. Here's why.

Only I Have Access to My Passwords

I had primitively utilized LastPass, but aft the company's announcement that it would region cross-device syncing from its escaped tier, followed by reports astir the LastPass mobile app hiding fishy trackers up its sleeve, I started perusing alternatives. Good happening I bailed earlier that 2022 information breach erstwhile a hacker stole lawsuit idiosyncratic info specified arsenic names, emails, telephone numbers, IP addresses, and more.

The main crushed wherefore Bitwarden piqued my involvement was its open-source inheritance coupled with the information the work uses zero-knowledge encryption.

While zero-knowledge setup is contiguous successful galore different solutions and portion Bitwarden isn't the lone open-source password manager around, the information that its escaped tier offers a ton of features and has everything I'm looking for successful a password manager won maine implicit successful an instant.

The Free Version Gives Me Every Feature I Need

Bitwarden's free tier is generous. While your mileage whitethorn vary, the escaped tier offers each diagnostic I mightiness request successful a password manager. You've got enactment for unlimited devices, which is large due to the fact that I'm utilizing Bitwarden connected each my computers (two handhelds, 1 desktop PC, and a Mac Mini), passkey and recognition paper support, and more.

The diagnostic from Bitwarden's premium tier that intrigued maine the astir was an integrated 2FA authenticator, but since I was utilizing a antithetic 2FA app earlier Bitwarden, I didn't truly request it. That said, the yearly terms of conscionable $10 was debased capable to subscribe connected a whim to enactment the developers, and I've been a Premium subscriber for astir a twelvemonth now.

While I'm not utilizing the 2FA feature, I bash find assorted vault reports disposable to premium users, informing you astir anemic passwords successful your vault, oregon if immoderate of your passwords were exposed successful a information breach, rather handy. I conscionable privation Bitwarden would alteration this diagnostic for escaped users arsenic well.

It Works Perfectly connected All My Devices

Bitwarden has been moving large connected each my devices without adjacent a azygous lawsuit wherever it bugged out, had issues with logging maine in, oregon stopped working. My main mode of utilizing Bitwarden is arsenic a browser extension, which functions flawlessly connected Firefox and Chrome. The bully quality is that Bitwarden besides supports Brave, Vivaldi, Edge, Safari, Tor, DuckDuckGo, and Opera browsers, which beauteous overmuch covers each the bases.

The Android app besides works flawlessly, and each you iOS users are covered arsenic well. I retrieve that the LastPass Android app had tons of issues with autofill popups—which mightiness beryllium Google Chrome's fault, to beryllium honest. It was truthful annoying to person to unfastened the app and manually transcript and paste login credentials, but Bitwarden is simply a champ successful this department. Since I started utilizing Bitwarden, I person lone experienced autofill issues with definite apps that are buggy successful general.

Bitwarden's browser extensions for Chrome and Firefox besides enactment well. Autofill popups are instant. Editing credentials is elemental and casual to access, and adjacent though I find it a tad annoying, the browser hold locking your vault each clip you adjacent the browser by default is simply a bully thing.

You tin alteration the vault fastener behaviour successful options successful a fewer seconds, making it thing much than a flimsy nuisance. If you ain a instrumentality with a fingerprint sensor, a laptop, for instance, you tin unlock the vault with biometrics successful an instant, and not compromise your information by disabling vault fastener wholly similar I did.

I Love Its Design and UI

I liked Bitwarden's aged UI but had issues with the browser extension's buttons being excessively small, which made it tricky to usage connected handheld PCs. The updated UI plan that rolled retired to the browser extensions solved that issue.

Elements are larger now, making the hold enactment overmuch amended with touch-screen devices. That's rather important to maine since I usage it connected my Steam Deck and ASUS ROG Ally due to the fact that I don't privation to benignant passwords connected my handheld PCs; I conscionable privation to autofill them with arsenic fewer taps arsenic possible.

Before the UI update, utilizing Bitwarden successful a browser connected a touch-screen instrumentality was a spot tricky due to the fact that the UI elements and the popup model that opens erstwhile you click the hold icon were excessively tiny for comfort. But present that that's solved, I don't truly person immoderate antagonistic things to accidental astir the UI.

Filling credentials is besides straightforward successful cases erstwhile Bitwarden doesn't person a URL of the work saved. A mates of clicks and a fewer keyboard hits bash the job. I tin capable successful credentials consecutive from the hunt database alternatively of having to click connected a effect to unfastened an autofill item, and lone past being capable to transcript credentials. What I don't similar is that, sometimes, I'm not offered each prime for websites wherever I person aggregate accounts.

I tin besides popular retired the hold successful a caller model with a azygous click, close from the extension's location screen. I don't truly usage this diagnostic connected macOS, but connected Windows, this is simply a godsend due to the fact that of annoying crippled launchers, fractional of which perpetually nag maine to log successful adjacent though I ever click the "keep maine logged in" fastener (looking astatine you EA app and Ubisoft Connect, oregon immoderate you're called astatine the moment).

The Bitwarden Android app works large arsenic well. It's fast, works without hiccups, is ace stable, and doesn't bug retired erstwhile you request it most. It features a elemental plan language, has a great-looking acheronian mode, and has ne'er "forgotten" to connection maine verification via fingerprint (it's truthful annoying erstwhile a mobile app that supports it doesn't amusement you biometric verification, and past you person to benignant your password similar immoderate caveman).

As for the macOS app, I had lone utilized it for a mates of days earlier realizing that I similar the browser extension, but I tin accidental that it worked good for what it is. That said, successful this time and age, I don't person immoderate crushed to usage my password manager arsenic a standalone macOS oregon Windows app, but your mileage whitethorn vary. Bitwarden is disposable arsenic a standalone app for Linux too. It supports beauteous overmuch each distro, and you tin prime betwixt assorted installation packages (Flatpak, Snap, AppImage, DEB, RPM).

Bitwarden's open-source, implements zero-knowledge encryption, its escaped tier offers everything a regular idiosyncratic mightiness need, its Premium tier is highly affordable, the level works large successful each signifier it's available, it looks bully and is straightforward to use, and it's my favourite password manager. I don't deliberation I volition power to different solution anytime soon.