# Keyguard

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Keyguard and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Keyguard as a faster, lighter alternative client for Bitwarden and Vaultwarden servers, including on Android. The most common caveat is that it is source available under full copyright rather than open source.

## Why people recommend it

- Faster and lighter than alternatives (1 comments): "Keyguard is still much faster/lighter." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034445))
- Works with Vaultwarden on Android (1 comments): "I now use Keyguard on Android/Vaultwarden server instead" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50033726))
- Creates and edits credentials offline (1 comments): "There is an alternative client called keyguard that allows you to create or modify credentials, then sync to the server later." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47956351))

## What people warn about

- Source available, fully copyrighted (2 comments): "that author can make closed source at any point with no forks being possible, is an improvement." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50058139)) "Keyguard is source available but fully copyrighted" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50033727))
- No browser addon (1 comments): "instant nope here (That and not having a browser addon, passwords in the browser is 99% of my password-use)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50035139))

## 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, "Keyguard", https://hackerapproved.com/p/keyguard/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).