Bug#1077361: [Pkg-mozext-maintainers] Bug#1077361: RFP: webext-passff -- firefox extension for the pass password manager

[Matthias Geiger <werdahias@riseup.net>]

29.07.2024 00:55:17 Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>:

> Hey Matthias,
> 
>> * Package name    : webext-passff
>>   Version         : 1.19.5
>>   Upstream Contact: Johan Venant
>> * URL             : https://codeberg.org/PassFF/passff
>> * License         : GPL-2+
>>   Programming Lang: JS
>>   Description     : firefox extension for the pass password manager
>> 
>> passff is a firefox webext that allows to communicate with pass(1).
>> It will need passff-host [0] to be packaged beforehand.
> 
> Out of curiosity, what are the differences to browserpass?
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael


Hi Michael,

from a (very) quick glance it looks more lightweight than browserpass. The host functionality for browserpass is witten in Go while the passff one consists of a few lines of python.
Apart from that they are functionally the same.

best,

werdahias