1Password
The same 1Password you use on Windows, made for Linux by the same company. Your vaults sync across.
Our verdict
1Password is one of the few paid Windows apps that made the jump properly. The Linux version is built by 1Password themselves, gets the same features at roughly the same time, and signing in brings every vault, login, card and secure note straight across. Nothing needs exporting.
Install the .deb or .rpm from the 1Password site rather than the Snap or Flatpak. The sandboxed versions cannot talk to the rest of the system, which means no unlocking with a fingerprint reader and no SSH key handling. For a home user the fingerprint part is the one you will miss.
The trade-off is the same as on Windows. It is a subscription, and your passwords live on 1Password's servers rather than in a file you hold. If that bothers you, KeePassXC keeps everything local for nothing, and Bitwarden sits in between with a free tier.
What's good
- Made and supported by 1Password, not a community rebuild
- Your existing vaults, logins and cards are already there when you sign in
- Browser filling works in Firefox, Chrome and Edge on Linux
- Watchtower still warns you about reused passwords and breached sites
What to know first
- A paid subscription, and there is no free tier
- Nothing is stored on your own machine in a form you can open without the app
- The Snap and Flatpak versions cannot talk to other apps, so unlocking with your fingerprint and the SSH agent only work in the .deb and .rpm versions
- There is no official Flathub listing from 1Password, so the Flatpak is put together by someone else
The details
- Cost
- Paid
- Open source
- No (Proprietary)
- How you install it
- .deb installer, .rpm installer, App store (Snap), App store (Flatpak), Built-in app store
Windows apps it can replace
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