Stillroom Vault vs 1Password · Stillroom Vault

What 1Password is, and who it suits

1Password is a password manager with apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android, and browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge and Brave. It saves and fills logins in your browser and apps, stores two-factor codes and fills them for you, and lets you share items with other people, even people who don’t use 1Password, through a link that expires.

Your data is end-to-end encrypted. 1Password combines your account password with a 128-bit Secret Key to encrypt it, uses AES-GCM-256, and keeps a copy in your 1Password account so every device stays in step. You can also store documents, with 1 GB of file storage per person on personal plans.

It suits you if you sign in to many sites on several devices, want passwords filled for you, or share logins with a partner, family or team. For most people’s everyday passwords, a password manager like 1Password, or Apple’s free Passwords app, is the right tool.

Side by side

What	1Password	Stillroom Vault
Where data lives	Your devices, plus your 1Password account	One folder on your Mac
Encryption	End-to-end, AES-GCM-256; account password plus Secret Key	AES-256-GCM, a fresh key per item; Argon2id (512 MB) for the password
Platforms	macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, browser extensions	Apple silicon Macs, macOS 26 or later
Price	Subscription, monthly or yearly; Families plan for up to 5	Free for 25 items; $39 once; Family $129 once for 5 people
Source	Proprietary	Source available (FSL); the reader script is MIT
Cloud and sync	Built in	None; it never goes online
Scope	Password manager, with some file storage	File vault that also holds passwords and two-factor codes

Where 1Password is the better choice

Autofill. 1Password fills logins and two-factor codes in your browser and apps. Stillroom doesn’t fill anything; you copy and paste.
Every device. Your passwords are on your phone, your Windows PC and your Mac. Stillroom runs only on Apple silicon Macs and has no sync.
Sharing. Share links for anyone, and a Families plan for up to 5 people. Stillroom has no sharing: each person’s vault is their own.
An established product. Stillroom is new, and hasn’t had an independent security audit yet; one is planned.

Where Stillroom Vault fits better

Stillroom isn’t trying to be your daily password manager. It fits better for the things you’d lock in a drawer:

Files first. Scans, contracts, photos, recordings and documents of any size and kind, with folders, tags and earlier versions. PDFs, images, text, sketches and email open in built-in viewers, and audio and video play straight from the sealed file, without writing a decrypted copy to disk.
Nothing online, ever. No account, no server, no sync. Stillroom makes no network connections, and a build check fails any version that links networking code. If you’d rather your recovery codes and ID scans never touched anyone’s server, end-to-end encrypted or not, this is the difference.
Pay once. $39 for all of one person’s Macs, or $129 for a family of five, with every 1.x update included. The free tier holds 25 items and never stops you opening, exporting or backing up.
Ways in that don’t depend on anyone. A password, a recovery key, a printable emergency kit split into pieces for people you trust, Touch ID, and optional Lock to this Mac. Nobody, us included, can recover a forgotten password, so keep the recovery key safe.
Protection at the keyboard. A decoy password, an intruder log, and windows hidden from screen capture. The decoy protects against thieves and abusers, not police, and doesn’t fool someone who has one password and a copy of the vault folder (rule 2).
A format you can read without us. The file format is public, and a short MIT-licensed Python script opens a vault without the app.

Using both, or moving over

Using both works well, and it’s what we’d suggest to many people. Keep everyday logins in 1Password, where autofill and sync help you most. Keep the things that should never leave your Mac in Stillroom: your 1Password account details, two-factor backup codes, ID scans, tax records and private notes.

Two-factor codes are a case worth thinking about. 1Password can hold a site’s password and its two-factor code together, which is convenient. Some people prefer to keep backup codes somewhere separate, such as Stillroom, so that one place never holds every factor. Storing two-factor backup codes covers the options.

If you’d rather move your passwords over:

In the 1Password desktop app, choose File > Export and pick CSV. 1Password’s CSV includes only Login and Password items.
In Stillroom, import the file. Each account becomes a Login secret, with any two-factor setup kept as a concealed field. Stillroom reads the export in memory and never writes it out.
Delete the export file and empty the Trash. 1Password warns that exports are unencrypted.

Documents and other item types don’t come through CSV, so save attached files from 1Password and drag them into Stillroom. The moving from 1Password guide goes step by step.

Questions

Can Stillroom Vault fill passwords in my browser like 1Password?

No. Stillroom has no browser extension and no autofill. You copy a password from Stillroom, and it clears from the clipboard after 30 seconds if nothing else was copied since.

Can I import my 1Password logins into Stillroom Vault?

Yes. Export a CSV from the 1Password desktop app, import it into Stillroom, then delete the export, since 1Password says exported files are unencrypted. 1Password's CSV export includes only Login and Password items.

Is Stillroom Vault a subscription?

No. It's free for 25 items, $39 once for one person's Macs, or $129 once for a family of up to 5 people. 1Password is a subscription billed monthly or yearly.

Sources

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