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Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

#51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The only issue for me is the autotype support on Wayland Are you using a wlroots compositor like sway or GNOME/KDE?

Not sure what you mean but the default KeepassXC on Fedora 35 with Wayland does not do autofill in Firefox.

I'm on Debian Bullseye stable with Wayland GNOME out of the box, and autotype works fine.

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

#52

KeePassXC won't let me upgrade/install the new version without rebooting. Exactly what "service" is it trying to modify at the OS level that it can't do without restarting?

I just tried it. On Windows, after install, you have 2 choices of restarting keepassxc-proxy.exe or rebooting OS. Restarting application failed bc folder/file is being held. It said failed, but without rebooting OS, it seems to have upgraded without problem.

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

#53

I've heard this one recommended over and over again. Are there any "I wish I knew this beforehand" type of tips? Also, how would people compare this to something such as 1Password?

> Are there any "I wish I knew this beforehand" type of tips? Read my comment on the top of the comments. The top features are browser integration, auto-type and integration with Touch ID/fingerprint reader. > how would people compare this to something such as 1Password? KeePassXC auto-type is a lot more powerful. It can be configured in several ways and works with a lot more windows: SSH sessions in terminals, os wi…

I sync the (strongly) encrypted database throughout my devices with Syncthing and it works flawlessly. I have an old laptop with syncthing running always on to avoid sync conflicts.

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

#54
KeePassXC seems more cool from the technical point of view but I like the original KeePass 2 look&feel much more. Is there a way to configure KeePassXC to look and feel like KeePass 2?

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

#56

My only issue (albeit minor) with KeePassXC is that I can't drag'n'drop data (eg. username or password) from entry list to a browser control. It works perfectly in KeePass.

Keepass was recently found to be less secure and expose password in plain text in some situation. Depending on how your OS deals with drag and drop, might not be the safest option.

BTW KeepassXC did not have the same issue.

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

#57
post #3

Love KeePassXC - it's a beautiful and speedy program which simply just works without ever causing any problems. The original KeePass always struck me as a tad heavy due to its somewhat archaic aesthetic and dependency on Mono, whereas KeePassXC looks modern and requires minimal resources and dependencies. I combine it with KeePassium on iOS and Resilio Sync for synchronising across my main and mobile devices. (Syncth…

I use Strongbox on iOS which I highly recommend checking out. It's payed (one time) but open source

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

#58

What I love on KeePassXC: * Runs on Linux/Mac/Windows and there are compatible clients for Android. Make your own cloud with a RaspberryPi referred by a DDNS and you'll have super powers. * Auto-type. Is tricky to get it working but once you get it you'll become addicted. * The UI makes it much easier to copy and paste fields and the notes are clearly visible. I often use the notes to store things like github tokens…

> Edit: forget this. As varjolintu explains bellow, this is wrong. ~~You can't have multiple addresses per entry. Some sites will login with different URL's and KeepassXC will not recognize all.~~

Create 2 entries for the same site and install the Keepass helper (url in title) addon

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

#59

KeePassXC seems more cool from the technical point of view but I like the original KeePass 2 look&feel much more. Is there a way to configure KeePassXC to look and feel like KeePass 2?

Keepass was found to have a security issue recently which exposed password in plain text on log files, which makes me happy I never used it.

KeePassXC had no such issue.

That was CVE-2022-0275 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=keepass

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

#60

KeePassXC seems more cool from the technical point of view but I like the original KeePass 2 look&feel much more. Is there a way to configure KeePassXC to look and feel like KeePass 2?

You can enable the Classic (platform-native) theme, and Compact Mode.
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