I was a paying cloud password manager user for years. Then the LastPass breach happened, and I started feeling uneasy my entire vault, sitting on someone else's server.
So I did something a little extreme: I started building my own offline password manager in Rust called passlock, and fully switched over two months ago.
After using my own tool daily for 2 months, here's what I actually learned:
It's faster no sync delays, no "checking for updates" spinner
I sleep better my vault literally never leaves my machine
The smart generator saved me I used to reuse passwords because generating good ones was a hassle. Now I generate a strong one in 2 clicks with a real-time crack time estimate
I ve been a user of cloud based password managers for years. But after the LastPass breach, and seeing more leaks every quarter, I started feeling uncomfortable. My passwords, my bank accounts, my private keys all sitting on someone else s server. Even if zero knowledge sounds great, I can t verify it.
So I went the offline route. I tried pass (the standard Unix password manager) but GPG is a nightmare for non tech folks. I also looked at Keepass, but the UI feels like it s from 2005, and syncing between devices is clumsy.
