I even started self hosting it this year and it continues to "just work" - although I don't recommend it to most people since I now have to manage a server. I was already self hosting a lot of other things last year (wanted to move away from google/apple services) so the "cost" of self hosting Bitwarden was negligible.
Anyway I know I rambled a lot, but just wanted to chime in and throw in my opinion about bitwarden
I mean, I have 1password for work, and Bitwarden for personal..
Spot the difference: https://imgur.com/a/wJQBDjV
- "Folder: No Folder" is a bit confusing, it would be better to just require a folder when creating an entry.
- Collections vs folders is also a little confusing unless you spend time to figure it out.
- 1password shows the password reuse notice right there, instead of needing to go the web vault of bitwarden and specifically click on tools.
- 1password shows the password strength right in the entry as well.
- 1password has nicer display of the items in the vault, with sections by letter.
I really hope that Bitwarden improves their UI and UX, because I really want to like it. But their Collections and sharing feature is very unclear, especially once multiple people/orgs are involved.
I'm afraid to use it because they co-mingle everything in UI and I dont accidently want to share a personal password with another org.
Being worried of sharing a password accidently is very scary UX
This refusal to understand UI/UX goes way way back in hacker culture:
http://catb.org/jargon/html/P/point-and-drool-interface.html
This seems to be a general characteristic of enthusiasts.
To design a good car for people other than car enthusiasts, you have to hate cars or at least be able to place oneself in the shoes of someone who hates cars. People who don't love cars want a car that makes them think about cars as little as possible. The purpose of a car is to carry you from one point to another, not to make you spend time on cars.
It's a bit like climate change. Scientists will warn, people will ignore, and then we will abandon Miami and will probably blame the scientists.
Bitwarden is not an alternative to 1Password that passes the wife/parent/elder test because the UX is so bad they need to call me everytime something isnt exactly working as before.