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browserpass-legacy

Legacy Browserpass repo, development is now happening at:

11Distinct people
13Mentions
2Explicit recommenders
1KGitHub stars
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What it is

Legacy Browserpass repo, development is now happening at:

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

> I use pass[1], and I recommend it if you can stand copying and pasting. Try browserpass. It uses pass internally. https://github.com/dannyvankooten/browserpass

hdhzy used a recommendation phrase. 2 indexed comments match. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by month13 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-01-12 21:59:07 UTC to 2019-02-28 20:47:17 UTC.

0122017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsJan 20172017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsJan 20182018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsFeb 2019

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Jan 20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Feb 20172017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 20172017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Apr 20172017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20172017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20172017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Jul 20172017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20172017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Sep 20172017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20172017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20172017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Dec 20172017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20182018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20182018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Apr 20182018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20182018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20182018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20182018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Aug 20182018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20182018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC101
Oct 20182018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20182018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20182018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20192019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Theres also browserpass [0], it works great in firefox and chrome as well. A great great plugin is pass-otp [1], using this I have migrated the storage of all OTP secrets from my phone to pass. And then I export it from pass to my phone. That way I still have my OTP secrets if I loose my phone and don't have to hassle with recovery of accounts just because of loosing the phone. For sure the OTP needs to be changed at that point but still worth it. It's also worth to mention that browserpass [0] integrates pass-otp [1] so whenever I log in to a page (that has an OTP secret) using browserpass it shows a litle box in the top right corner with the current OTP code that I can copy-paste to the site. [0]: https://github.com/browserpass/browserpass [1]: https://github.com/tadfisher/pass-otp
In Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager
I found pass [0] to be extremely useful especially if one is using OpenPGP (e.g. GPG) already. For desktop there is QTPass [1] for Android Password Store [2]. There is pass-otc [3] for storing TOTP secrets. There is browser pass extension [4] for Chrome and Firefox. Coupling this with hardware token such as Yubikey one can require PIN and touch input to decode password. In the same time the password repository can be stored in private bitbucket git repository. Personally it's a perfect combination of security and convenience. The design is incredibly simple, if all these apps fail I can just use gpg to decrypt secrets. The only downside is that filenames are stored unencrypted in git repository so Bitbucket can see what sites do I use but can't see usernames or passwords (obviously). [0]: https://www.fossmint.com/pass-commandline-password
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In Switching from 1Password to Bitwarden
dvko·Jan 12, 2017Recommendation phrase
I switched from OSX to Linux a few months ago and had to find an alternative for 1Password. Pass has been great, I love its simplicity. Not having a browser add-on to retrieve passwords was feeling like a step back in terms of convenience though. That's why I built & open sourced browserpass [1], a browser extension for Pass. It uses Native Host Messaging to securely retrieve passwords, so no crazy port listening as some other open-sourced add-ons do (which is a terribly bad idea). [1] https://github.com/dannyvankooten/browserpass
In Using GPG to Encrypt Your Data

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