# DevonAgent and password managers

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988>\
**Category:** Tips\
**Created:** [February 13, 2014, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988 "2014-02-13T06:41:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![N4M3Z](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/n4m3z/32/5222_2.png) [@N4M3Z](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/N4M3Z)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/1 "2014-02-13T06:41:35Z")

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Dear all,

is there any way how to make DevonAgent (and consequently also DevonThink) work with widely accepted password managers like LastPass or 1password? All my documentation is password-protected which makes it far more convenient to work with it from Safari … (the same hold true for password protected google docs)

Thanks for any suggestions,

Martin

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**Author:** ![cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/cgrunenberg/32/7172_2.png) [@cgrunenberg](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/cgrunenberg)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/2 "2014-02-14T07:15:55Z")

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No, that’s not possible at the moment.

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**Author:** ![N4M3Z](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/n4m3z/32/5222_2.png) [@N4M3Z](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/N4M3Z)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/3 "2014-02-15T04:46:25Z")

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I see. Are there any plans to address this in the future?

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**Author:** ![korm](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@korm](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/korm)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/4 "2014-02-15T10:55:29Z")

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The work would have to be done by AgileBits (maker of 1Password). Years ago, AgileBits made a browser extension that worked with DEVONagent. Then, they stopped supporting DEVONagent. As far as I can tell, there has been one posting since 2011 at AgileBit’s forum requesting DEVONagent support – so given the low consumer demand, it seems unlikely that we’ll see a return of 1Password support. But, you could always go to AgileBits and ask them.

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**Author:** ![sloughwi](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/sloughwi/32/5290_2.png) [@sloughwi](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/sloughwi)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/5 "2014-02-17T04:55:09Z")

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I’ve been exploring this too. From the 1password support pages:

> [@](#):
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> 1Password currently has browser extensions available for Safari, Google Chrome, and Firefox. In previous versions of 1Password, several other browsers were supported, including DevonAgent, OmniWeb, NetNewsWire, Fluid, Camino.
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> Several users have asked us to bring back support for these browsers but it is not possible at this time. In Snow Leopard this was possible because 1Password was able to use an undocumented feature of the system based on Scripting Additions. This feature is still available on Lion but it is more difficult to use, will be going away in the future, and is unavailable to Mac App Store applications.
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> We are therefore focusing our development efforts on browsers that offer official support for extensions and have a rich set of APIs. At this time this includes Safari, Google Chrome, and Firefox. Opera also has official support for extensions and support is being considered.

[discussions.agilebits.com/discus … e-browsers](http://discussions.agilebits.com/discussion/11979/will-you-add-support-for-more-browsers)

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**Author:** ![N4M3Z](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/n4m3z/32/5222_2.png) [@N4M3Z](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/N4M3Z)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/6 "2014-02-23T23:57:18Z")

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I see. I will try to submit a feature request to 1password.

Btw, what about iCloud Keychain?

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**Author:** ![sloughwi](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/sloughwi/32/5290_2.png) [@sloughwi](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/sloughwi)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/7 "2014-02-26T14:20:04Z")

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I agree that this is something that should be addressed. Dashlane is my favorite manager and I will send a request to them also. I would switch to 1password if it worked in DA.

Many of my legal research resources are behind paywalls that require my username/password to login. As password manager is key. I know DA is a cousin of Safari, and has the extension features disabled. I am very curious if there is a way to enable for 1 additional extension?

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**Author:** ![crislar](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@crislar](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/crislar)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/8 "2015-12-14T12:44:01Z")

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Can I ask DT Devs to consider being clear about whether they will or can support credentials management for DT (into web browser etc)?

If you are interested then I’m not clear from the answers on Agilebits and here at DT who needs to do what to get 1Password working. But it appears to be a bit on DT to support extensions in their browser and a bit by Agilebits to use that facility.

The problem statement is that DT browser is great but designed at a time when the web was largely without walls. But is of increasingly limited research value when I have to cut and paste hundreds of credentials a day potentially between 1P and DT now the web is so disjointed.

I’m happy to consider other alternatives.

thanks Christian

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**Author:** ![Bernsh](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Bernsh](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Bernsh)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/9 "2015-12-17T16:02:07Z")

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Just following up on this thread and found the following on 1Password’s forum dated 8/14/15 from Drew\_AG - AgileBits Team Member.

"Thanks for taking the time to contact us about this! Although I’m not very familiar with DEVONthink or their proper browser called DEVONagent, my understanding is that they do not support extensions (even though they’re both based on WebKit). I wasn’t able to find information about that on their website, but you may be able to confirm that yourself by checking to see if you can install any extensions in that browser.

If they release a new version of their web browser that supports extensions, perhaps we’ll be able to offer a 1Password extension for it. But for now it looks like that isn’t possible. I’m sorry I don’t have a better answer for you about that! If you have more questions or need anything else, please do let us know."

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**Author:** ![Allsop](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/allsop/32/140_2.png) [@Allsop](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Allsop)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/10 "2015-12-17T17:01:19Z")

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Can I add my name O those who would like this please?

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**Author:** ![zenpilot](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/zenpilot/32/4234_2.png) [@zenpilot](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/zenpilot)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/11 "2015-12-18T15:15:16Z")

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I’ve found a password workaround of sorts using Laspass. They have bookmarklets that can be accessed via the bookmark menu bar. If you’re using Safari bookmarks inside of Devonagent, you can drag the bookmarklets to the Safari menubar and they will become available in Devonagent. This is a link about the Lastpass bookmarklets:

[lastpass.com/support.php?cmd=showfaq&id=1186](https://lastpass.com/support.php?cmd=showfaq&id=1186)

Mike

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**Author:** ![Bernsh](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/71e660/32.png) [@Bernsh](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Bernsh)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/12 "2015-12-19T13:32:40Z")

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Will the bookmarklets fill the password in when activated from within DA?

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**Author:** ![zenpilot](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/zenpilot/32/4234_2.png) [@zenpilot](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/zenpilot)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/13 "2015-12-19T13:37:12Z")

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Yes. Works pretty slick.  
-M

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**Post date:** [December 20, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/14 "2015-12-20T01:03:16Z")

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Nice, zenpilot! 😃

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**Author:** ![paulwaldo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/paulwaldo/32/12005_2.png) [@paulwaldo](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/paulwaldo)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/15 "2016-02-29T14:31:31Z")

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I know its been quite a while since the last activity on this thread. Any updates?

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [February 29, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/16 "2016-02-29T14:50:49Z")

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This is still not possible. Announcements of this would be on our blog (especially as it would be quite a big deal).

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**Author:** ![Allsop](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/allsop/32/140_2.png) [@Allsop](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Allsop)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 9:27am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/17 "2016-06-07T09:27:16Z")

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> [@BLUEFROG](#):
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> This is still not possible. Announcements of this would be on our blog (especially as it would be quite a big deal).

Is it even being considered for a future update? Personally it would be a useful facility for me.

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/18 "2016-06-07T13:15:15Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Is it even being considered for a future update?

It is not a trivial matter and requires resources from the extensions’ developers. So, considered? Sure. Something coming soon? Probably not likely.

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**Author:** ![Allsop](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/allsop/32/140_2.png) [@Allsop](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Allsop)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/19 "2017-05-11T16:34:09Z")

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Any chance on this happening?

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/devonagent-and-password-managers/16988/20 "2017-05-11T17:33:28Z")

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Nothing in particular to report at this time.

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