Hello Riders, Pascal and I have some exciting news: third-party password managers are coming to Horse. And it’s all thanks to you!
Your Most-Requested Feature 🔑
Since we launched, so many of you have been asking for support for password managers like 1Password, Bitwarden, and LastPass. We totally get it. Horse has its own built-in password manager, Saddlepack, but if you’ve got years of passwords stored somewhere else, you don’t want to leave them behind.
The tricky part? Chrome extensions weren’t supported in Electron, the platform that powers Horse (and apps like Slack and Discord). We’d been brainstorming ways around it, but nothing was within reach. Then things changed.
The Community Made It Happen 🎉
An Electron maintainer submitted code that would allow password managers to work in all Electron apps. Pascal shared it on Twitter and you all went wild. In just three days, it became the most upvoted pull request in Electron’s history! The Electron core team took notice, and now the PR has been merged, laying the groundwork for password manager support in Horse.
We still can’t believe how the community came together on this one. For a small indie browser, that kind of support is huge.
What’s Next? 🐴
Pascal’s going to focus on getting password managers working smoothly first. Once that’s solid, we’ll start looking into other extensions too (no timeline yet!).
We’ll keep you posted on progress over on our extensions page.
Catch you on the Trail,
Pascal & Eleanor
