Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI wanted to like Bitwarden, due to its “open source” nature. But 1Password is really miles ahead, and it's a little ironic, as 1Password 8 went through a major refactoring to a Node-enabled UI, which many people disliked, and it's still miles and miles ahead. I tried teaching my father to use Bitwarden for the sole reason that it seemed to be translated into my native tongue. In his use, Bitwarden turned out to be completely unreliable. As techies, we…
> The most trusted open source password manager for business I expected a blog article with actual feedbacks from companies and data, but ended up on bitwarden.com main page. Baseless claims can be quite common when it comes to marketing, but I'm genuinely curious: which password manager is used in your workplace, if any? I've personally never seen in my (for now short) career anything else than Keepass.
There's compatible Bitwarden server written in Rust called bitwarden_rs[0] for those who don't want to run the official Docker image with the requirement of Microsoft SQL Server and the demand for 2GiB of RAM. [0] https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs
I switched from LastPass to bitwarden in November, and I love it. - it's FOSS, and audited, so it's software I can trust - great UX on Firefox, chrome, and even Edge. I had my issues, but the project improved them away very quickly. - sharing support for families or organizations. - convenient standalone clients for win/Mac/Linux... And even the CLI. - built in 2FA code generation for each entry, so I don't need a separate app for that. -…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 5
- Total points
- 1790
- Total comments
- 965
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-10 | Bitwarden | Nelkins | 4 | 0 |
| 2016-10-10 | Bitwarden – Free and Open Source Password ManagerFirst breakout | mordocai | 231 | 103 |
| 2018-07-11 | Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager | GutenYe | 337 | 160 |
| 2019-10-06 | Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager | singingwolfboy | 353 | 167 |
| 2021-02-18 | Bitwarden – open-source Password ManagerHall induction | ducaale | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-01-19 | Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager | gjvc | 409 | 235 |
| 2023-09-25 | Bitwarden: Free, open-source password managerBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | punnerud | 455 | 300 |