# Firefox Password Manager

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Firefox Password Manager and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free password manager built into Firefox, with quick logins and easy import of saved passwords. Critics say it only autofills inside Firefox, not in apps, other browsers or iOS.

## Why people recommend it

- Quick one-second website logins (1 comments): "It shouldn't take more than one second to log into a website using the Firefox password manager." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47239924))
- Easy import of existing passwords (1 comments): "I imported all my passwords to Firefox and I'm satisfied with it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48190224))
- Built into Firefox, like Chrome (1 comments): "Chrome and Firefox both have these." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46293479))

## What people warn about

- Autofill works only in Firefox (2 comments): "It is limited to ... well ... Firefox! Sometimes you need passwords elsewehre." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48190062)) "it has no way of doing autofill in anything but firefox" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50039031))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Bitwarden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bitwarden.md): 278 recommend
- [1Password](https://hackerapproved.com/p/1password.md): 238 recommend
- [KeePassXC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keepassxc.md): 131 recommend
- [Vaultwarden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vaultwarden.md): 112 recommend
- [KeePass](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keepass.md): 100 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Firefox Password Manager", https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-password-manager/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).