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		ocimbote on Jan 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager I'm surprised there's no mention of Hashicorp Vault. Maybe a misunderstanding on my side on why they differ. Can someone care enough to explain this to me?

munchbunny on Jan 19, 2022 [–]

HashiCorp Vault solves a different problem. Password managers target the end user password management problem, whereas HashiCorp Vault targets the bootstrapping problem for servers/services.

ocimbote on Jan 20, 2022 | [–]

I thought Vault covered both use cases. Thanks!

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