When comparing HACT PassManager vs passacre, the Slant community recommends passacre for most people. In the question“What is the best cross-platform password manager?” passacre is ranked 13th while HACT PassManager is ranked 42nd. 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
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Pros
Pro Plugins available (Chrome, Firefow, Opera)
Pro Easy to use
Pro Available from everywhere (simple website)
It's a simple javascript available from everywhere and that runs on all platforms. Passwords are generated on the device itself so they are never send over the network.
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.
Cons
Con Passwords are always same length (20 characters)
Con Requires knowledge of the command line
To use passacre, some knowledge of the command line as well as Python is required.