# Proton Pass 39 Hacker News commenters recommended Proton Pass and 13 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** People recommend it for end-to-end encryption, easy sharing, passkey handling and built-in email aliases. Common caveat: the apps are weaker than the backend. ## Why people recommend it - Passkeys stored and synced across devices (4 comments): "I have chosen protonpass for my vault. I just tell my OS to save the passkey there and everything works pretty well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008065)) "This way all passkeys get stored in proton and I can login from any other personal device with proton setup." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008167)) "it just syncs the passkeys private part everywhere you need it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49008390)) - Better UX and autofill than Bitwarden (4 comments): "very quickly went from worse than Bitwarden to better with more reliable auto-fill" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48181415)) "actively developing and IMO its UX is way better than what I had with Bitwarden" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48180859)) "So far Proton Pass seems to be much more polished than Bitwarden." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034991)) - Built-in hide-my-email aliases (3 comments): "Proton pass has a built in hide-my-email feature that supports custom domains" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48562359)) "Generate random email alias and password for new services using proton pass." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615528)) "I love the SimpleLogin integration that Proton made with Proton Pass." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47273342)) - Easy sharing of credentials and vaults (2 comments): "Proton Pass is much more intuitive with just straight up sharing of credentials or sharing whole Vaults." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546970)) "especially for sharing credentials in the family" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46605465)) ## What people warn about - Clients weaker than the backend (3 comments): "Proton Pass has a good backend, but their clients are so-so." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50035813)) "At least the clients are, it's something." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151153)) "I don't like the UI of Proton Pass" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50033663)) - Limited keyboard use and no local cache (2 comments): "you can't operate it fully with the keyboard, with keepassxc you can" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50036107)) "How is it the browser extension doesn't have a local cache?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49456881)) ## 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 ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://proton.me/pass) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Proton Pass", https://hackerapproved.com/p/proton-pass/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).