When comparing passacre vs Encryptr, the Slant community recommends passacre for most people. In the question“What is the best cross-platform password manager?” passacre is ranked 17th while Encryptr is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose passacre is:
The utility itself has no GUI, and is written in Python, so it’s portable and has few dependencies.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Lightweight
The utility itself has no GUI, and is written in Python, so it’s portable and has few dependencies.
Pro Requires little to no storage
Passacre needs only a configuration file to tell it how to hash passwords, what kind of output it should produce, and which sites need specific generation rules. There’s no database where passwords are stored, so it’s not possible to be locked out of everything if that file is lost.
Pro Zero-knowledge cloud
Spideroak has been building their products on the principle of zero-knowledge, which means they don't know anything about the encrypted data stored on their servers.
Pro Cross platform
Works on Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile platforms
Pro Open source
This application has a repository on GitHub, and SpiderOak provides an opportunity for us to contribute to Encryptr.
Cons
Con Requires knowledge of the command line
To use passacre, some knowledge of the command line as well as Python is required.
Con Does not integrate with browsers
According to this GitHub issue, the main contributor to Encryptr has expressed that he will not provide browser integration.
