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KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

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Re: KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

#11

Post by StavrosK »

markild wrote: post #4
gmjosack wrote: post #2

I currently use KeePass on Windows, Linux, and Android. Can anyone explain what KeePassX is and what its relationship with KeePass is? All I can seem to find is that it's a cross platform version of KeePass (which KeePass is for my needs) and only supports the older database format.

Basically, "vanilla" keypass didn't have cross platform compatibility; "KeePassX to the rescue". I think maybe this is them catching up, but I think it's really good for the entire project that there are several alternatives.

Which one is better? I (lightly) use KeePassX and it's great for my needs, but I'm wondering what the advantage of KeePass is.

Re: KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

#13

Post by toggle »

joejohnson wrote: post #12

Does anyone know where to submit a bug report (or a pull request even) for this? I noticed that you can't hold down a key on OS X to view the special characters menu. (Does KeePassX not support non-ascii chars?)

Click "bug reporting" on the side menu. Takes you to https://www.keepassx.org/dev/.

Github page is at https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx.

Re: KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

#14

Post by walden42 »

toggle wrote: post #8

I use both KeePass and KeePassX (and KeePassDroid on my phone) -- I should make some donations tonight. I'll be really, really, REALLY happy when KeePassX works with browser plugins like regular KeePass does, so you don't have to always copy and paste things.

I'm using KeePass on Linux and it integrates flawlessly with Firefox and Chrome, just like LastPass does.

Re: KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

#15

Post by airtonix »

snowwrestler wrote: post #6
gmjosack wrote: post #2

I currently use KeePass on Windows, Linux, and Android. Can anyone explain what KeePassX is and what its relationship with KeePass is? All I can seem to find is that it's a cross platform version of KeePass (which KeePass is for my needs) and only supports the older database format.

The 2.0 series of KeePassX does support the newer (2.0) KeePass database format. I've been using the Alpha 3 for a while now and it works well on OS X. The biggest thing I miss from the Windows version is the password generator.

Actually the new versions of keepassx have password generators.

Re: KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

#16

Post by airtonix »

nivla wrote: post #9
gmjosack wrote: post #2

I currently use KeePass on Windows, Linux, and Android. Can anyone explain what KeePassX is and what its relationship with KeePass is? All I can seem to find is that it's a cross platform version of KeePass (which KeePass is for my needs) and only supports the older database format.

The original KeePass was only for windows. Someone forked it and made KeepassL for linux. It was then rewritten for cross compatibility and came to be known as KeePassX. Now that the Keepass itself is cross compatible, it kind of makes KeepassX redundant.

Not really. Keepass2 has a lot of problems on Linux based operating systems. Keepassx however, while lacking in embellished features works perfectly and fits right into gnome shell.

Re: KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

#17

Post by dangerlibrary »

airtonix wrote: post #16
nivla wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The original KeePass was only for windows. Someone forked it and made KeepassL for linux. It was then rewritten for cross compatibility and came to be known as KeePassX. Now that the Keepass itself is cross compatible, it kind of makes KeepassX redundant.

Not really. Keepass2 has a lot of problems on Linux based operating systems. Keepassx however, while lacking in embellished features works perfectly and fits right into gnome shell.

As a data point, I've never had any issue running it (I think using mono?) on Ubuntu systems. They even have a PPA!

Re: KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

#18

Post by sparkie »

nivla wrote: post #9
gmjosack wrote: post #2

I currently use KeePass on Windows, Linux, and Android. Can anyone explain what KeePassX is and what its relationship with KeePass is? All I can seem to find is that it's a cross platform version of KeePass (which KeePass is for my needs) and only supports the older database format.

The original KeePass was only for windows. Someone forked it and made KeepassL for linux. It was then rewritten for cross compatibility and came to be known as KeePassX. Now that the Keepass itself is cross compatible, it kind of makes KeepassX redundant.

Or maybe KeePass is redundant with KeePassX available.

The KeePass model of development is not very appealing to contributors or anyone who might want to review the code for security. KeePass has no official public repository and only has a dump of the source code for each version the author releases. (Although some people have turned them into repos, the lack of proper commit logs means it's not very easy to see exactly what is being changed[1])

On the other hand, KeePassX is developed in the open like most open source software. I think I'd rather trust that people are reviewing the code here.

[1]:https://github.com/dlech/keepass2/commit/6c87c0a9c8e34558de9...

Re: KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

#19

Post by coolnow »

StavrosK wrote: post #11
markild wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Basically, "vanilla" keypass didn't have cross platform compatibility; "KeePassX to the rescue". I think maybe this is them catching up, but I think it's really good for the entire project that there are several alternatives.

Which one is better? I (lightly) use KeePassX and it's great for my needs, but I'm wondering what the advantage of KeePass is.

KeePass on Windows seems to have much, much more options than KeePass X, but X loads much faster for me especially when unlocking a database.

Re: KeePassX 2.0 Alpha 5 released

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Post by pwnna »

walden42 wrote: post #14
toggle wrote: post #8

I use both KeePass and KeePassX (and KeePassDroid on my phone) -- I should make some donations tonight. I'll be really, really, REALLY happy when KeePassX works with browser plugins like regular KeePass does, so you don't have to always copy and paste things.

I'm using KeePass on Linux and it integrates flawlessly with Firefox and Chrome, just like LastPass does.

It does? How? I'm running KeePassX. Is that what you're using?
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