Does 1Password8 support standalone vaults

@MarkWieczorek

Thank you for using 1Password for so many years and for telling your friends and family about us so that they can also keep their data safe and secure. We really appreciate that you've been with us for so long. 😊

1Password undertakes regular independent security audits to make sure that both our code and our design is secure. You can read about the audits here: https://support.1password.com/security-assessments/

Unfortunately, for me though, the software as a service approach, closed source products, and the storing all information in the cloud is just too much for me swallow.

I would encourage you to read through our security design. All of your information is end-to-end encrypted locally on your devices before being backed up to your 1Password account. 1Password account vaults are much more secure than older standalone vaults, your 1Password account data is protected and encrypted using a secret that is derived from both your account password and your Secret Key. Old standalone vaults didn't include the Secret Key nor did they include other modern security features such as two-factor authentication.

This makes using a 1Password account vault much more secure than using an older standalone vault.

If 1Password were to make the client open source, I would have been more than happy to pay a 1-time fee (or perhaps a subscription) to use your software.

I'm not aware of any plans to fully open source our apps however we do regularly open source certain code and tools: 1Password · GitHub

If you haven't already then please fill out the self-hosting survey as we're collecting data regarding demand for a version of 1Password.com that folks can host on their own server: Self-hosted 1Password kick-starter

That all being said, thank you again for being with us for so long and if you are moving on then I'm happy that you're still planning to use a password manager to keep yourself safe, even if that isn't 1Password.

-Dave