Bramble
Security and privacy
password manager
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How HN took it
6 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 28 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Local-first approach is appealing
From 3 comments
Really clean concept. Keeping everything entirely on-disk instead of relying on a third-party cloud is something I've been wanting to see more of.
mune2gu-chan on HNAwesome stuff mate!! gonna try it.. The king feature is that it is local first I have also built a local first tool to manage big codebase and visualize it using AST and not…
yr_animesh on HNWe will never have enough local opensource password manager so keep it up
lapiece_ on HN
P2P sync over a private Nostr relay is a clever approach
From 2 comments
This looks like something I've been looking for! Excited to give it a try! I don't even use a package manager because of the things you've seemed to work around here. It's been…
catapart on HNThis is really awesome. I've long wanted something like this, especially the local first with p2p sync. Why did you choose nostr over direct p2p with iroh which has dumb relay as…
ind-igo on HN
Objections
Autofill and credit card form support unproven versus 1Password
From 2 comments
How's support for credit card form entries? That's the one thing that makes me miss 1Password as a current keepass user and will make me move over.
jdkaiwei on HNHow does it handle browser autofill. What if you have to fill in a box that has a non-standard label? These are things I rely on with 1Password.
commandersaki on HN
Data loss risk from last-writer-wins sync and no merge conflict handling
From 2 comments
Last writer wins may be sufficient for some folks but for me, any potential data loss in an app like this is a deal breaker. I hope you'll consider some kind of merge conflict…
jjnoakes on HNThis deserves a bit more explanation (sorry, on the phone, can't look at the code in the next couple of days). So, if I change the password and update it on the phone, then add a…
cicko on HN
No iOS release yet
From 1 comment
Ah just realised no iOS release, that's a non-starter.
commandersaki on HN
Local-only storage loses the convenience of a central server and backups
From 2 comments
It’s nice to always have more options but I don’t want it to be local, I lose the centralized system and having multiple devices syncing the pass database, or a turned off…
tamimio on HNIs there a recovery path, like an encrypted export or recovery file; say phone stolen, laptop dies, etc.., or is the vault only as durable as my most reliable device?
ngsevers on HN
Requests
Recovery and backup path for lost devices
From 2 comments
I think you are going to run into a lot of anxiety about data loss. I did find the recovery code and peer to peer sync notes, which help. Most people are not going to think…
Aaron_NW on HNIs there a recovery path, like an encrypted export or recovery file; say phone stolen, laptop dies, etc.., or is the vault only as durable as my most reliable device?
ngsevers on HN
Screenshots
From 1 comment
Screenshots?
rkagerer on HN
Merge conflict surfacing
From 1 comment
Last writer wins may be sufficient for some folks but for me, any potential data loss in an app like this is a deal breaker. I hope you'll consider some kind of merge conflict…
jjnoakes on HN
Questions
How does it compare to KeePass and Vaultwarden
From 2 comments
What does this offer over other local-first password managers? For example, there are a fair few Android/iOS apps based on KeePass (I currently use https://www.keepassdx.com on…
ZenoArrow on HNCongrats! How’s it compare vs self-hosted vaultwarden?
shaunkoh on HN
How much of the code is vibe-coded
From 1 comment
So how much of this is vibe-coded?
bronlund on HN
Why build a custom sync engine instead of existing libraries
From 2 comments
You built your own sync engine? Why?
keepupnow on HNif you mean why I didn't choose a lib like automerge, yjs and instead handrolled it - that's because these libs are geared towards plaintext. Bramble's sync is built around its…
MegagramEnjoyer on HN
Alternatives named
KeePass / KeePassXC / KeePassDX
From 2 comments
What does this offer over other local-first password managers? For example, there are a fair few Android/iOS apps based on KeePass (I currently use https://www.keepassdx.com on…
ZenoArrow on HNi think this is a great Idea but it doesnt beat any of the other free password managers like keepass.. I support this Idea tho and ill check on it to see where youve gotten! i…
HN-user2345 on HN
Vaultwarden
From 1 comment
Congrats! How’s it compare vs self-hosted vaultwarden?
shaunkoh on HN
1Password
From 1 comment
How's support for credit card form entries? That's the one thing that makes me miss 1Password as a current keepass user and will make me move over.
jdkaiwei on HN
Bitwarden
From 1 comment
The Keepass options for browser autofill are pretty rough, and don't work with flatpak installed apps either. Keepass also can't match URLs with Regex which is something I make…
Saris on HN