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Add to SafariWhen comparing passacre vs Padlock, the Slant community recommends passacre for most people. In the question“What is the best cross-platform password manager?” passacre is ranked 13th while Padlock is ranked 23rd. 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 Cross-platform
Supported on Android, iOS, and any platform that Google Chrome runs on.
Pro Completely open source
All source code is contained at https://github.com/maklesoft/padlock, so users can examine exactly what the program contains.
Pro Simple and easy to use
Stripped down version of most other password managers, containing only the ability to save passwords.
Pro Pretty
User interface built using Polymer (https://www.polymer-project.org/1.0/).
Cons
Con Requires knowledge of the command line
To use passacre, some knowledge of the command line as well as Python is required.
Con No pin code or fingerprint login on iOS and Android
You must type out your entire master password to enter the app each time on mobile.
Con No auto-fill in browser
Chrome app does not contain the ability to auto-fill password boxes.
