Buttercup Password Manager
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Speaking of open source going SaaS...
Someone brought up Buttercup a few months ago, and I just listened to a podcast on it, I thought I'd give it it's own thread.
Ultimately the project owners want to turn it into a company like LastPass, generating their revenue from SaaS, but they are starting out as an open source project.
Here's the podcast I listened to.
https://changelog.com/podcast/325It was pretty interesting as a non developer to hear them talk about their decision making processes on different platforms for making this project - i.e. they used Electron for cross platform compatibility, but they really don't like it. It's bloated and not as performant as native apps. I didn't quite follow if Electron worked for mobile apps or not either, though they definitely are having a more challenging time getting things working on mobile than they were on Windows.
It will be interesting to see how this project continues.
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/scoff
Open Source project paid amazon for their SSL cert. . .
It does look interesting though.
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@Dashrender said in Buttercup Password Manager:
Ultimately the project owners want to turn it into a company like LastPass, generating their revenue from SaaS, but they are starting out as an open source project.
This is what Bitwarden does too. They are open source but have their free SaaS and their paid enterprise features.
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@stacksofplates said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@Dashrender said in Buttercup Password Manager:
Ultimately the project owners want to turn it into a company like LastPass, generating their revenue from SaaS, but they are starting out as an open source project.
This is what Bitwarden does too. They are open source but have their free SaaS and their paid enterprise features.
Are you using them?
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@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@stacksofplates said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@Dashrender said in Buttercup Password Manager:
Ultimately the project owners want to turn it into a company like LastPass, generating their revenue from SaaS, but they are starting out as an open source project.
This is what Bitwarden does too. They are open source but have their free SaaS and their paid enterprise features.
Are you using them?
Bitwarden?
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@coliver Right, bitwarden.
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@coliver said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver Right, bitwarden.
I am.
And, how do you like it?
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@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver Right, bitwarden.
I used it for a while, I gave up because it lacked some integration that LP had.. no clue if that's been resolved now or not.
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@Dashrender said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver Right, bitwarden.
I used it for a while, I gave up because it lacked some integration that LP had.. no clue if that's been resolved now or not.
Gotcha. Thanks.
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@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver Right, bitwarden.
I am.
And, how do you like it?
I like it a lot. It does everything I need it to do.
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LP is now $36/y... I'm considering looking at other options again.
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@coliver said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver Right, bitwarden.
I am.
And, how do you like it?
I like it a lot. It does everything I need it to do.
I am currently using keepass (have been for like 15 years). I store the db on dropbox and have it sync to all my systems and phone.
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I switched to Bitwarden (from Roboform) a while back, and it seems to do everything I need.
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@Danp said in Buttercup Password Manager:
I switched to Bitwarden (from Roboform) a while back, and it seems to do everything I need.
How well is it working on mobile?
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@Dashrender said in Buttercup Password Manager:
How well is it working on mobile?
Fine on my Android phone (don't do the IOS stuff).
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@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver Right, bitwarden.
I am.
And, how do you like it?
I like it a lot. It does everything I need it to do.
I am currently using keepass (have been for like 15 years). I store the db on dropbox and have it sync to all my systems and phone.
This is a horribly unworkable solution for mass adoption. It works for knowledgeable people only.
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@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@coliver Right, bitwarden.
I am.
And, how do you like it?
I like it a lot. It does everything I need it to do.
I am currently using keepass (have been for like 15 years). I store the db on dropbox and have it sync to all my systems and phone.
Same, but I also agree with @JaredBusch's assessment that it only works for people who understand the process.
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@wrx7m said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@stacksofplates said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@Dashrender said in Buttercup Password Manager:
Ultimately the project owners want to turn it into a company like LastPass, generating their revenue from SaaS, but they are starting out as an open source project.
This is what Bitwarden does too. They are open source but have their free SaaS and their paid enterprise features.
Are you using them?
Yup. It's a pretty awesome tool.
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@Dashrender said in Buttercup Password Manager:
@Danp said in Buttercup Password Manager:
I switched to Bitwarden (from Roboform) a while back, and it seems to do everything I need.
How well is it working on mobile?
I can autofill on everything with Android. Last I used iOS it was fine also.
