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KeePassXC 2.7.0

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Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

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Post by mrandish »

brightball wrote: post #35
longstation wrote: post #2

KPXC is brilliant. Recently I switched to it from BitWarden and I am satisfied. The only issue for me is the autotype support on Wayland (it's not there yet; currently only able to auto fill password and username for xwayland app).

I am curious why you switched from Bitwarden? Usually when people are exiting a password manager it’s migrating to Bitwarden or KeePass but you’re the first I’ve heard moving from Bitwarden itself.

I'm not the person you asked but I switched from BitWarden to KeepassXC. BW was very good so the only reason I looked for an alternative was I wanted something that would support entering passwords with autotype in OS apps instead of just the browser.

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

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Post by k8sToGo »

jl6 wrote: post #71
phoerious wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

KeePassX has literally been abandoned, so you will not get updates of any kind: https://www.keepassx.org/index.html%3Fp=636.html

That’s the answer I was looking for!

When you said, it does not get any updates, I thought this is what you were referring to. That's why I was confused!

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

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Post by 323 »

One thing I like about the original KeePass is that it uses Secure Desktop API on Windows, which makes it difficult for malware/keyloggers to intercept your password as you enter it if you are infected.

https://keepass.info/help/kb/sec_desk.html

I wish KeePassXC would implement this functionality on Windows. Seems there is an open issue, but KeePassXC author says this is just Windows security theater:

https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/3460

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

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Post by phoerious »

Iolaum wrote: post #79
anta40 wrote: post #78

Wait a second... So is this another KeePass fork, and is different from this one: https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/keepassx ?

KeePassXC is a fork of KeePassX, which is a fork of KeePass. There are some small differences between the projects in technical aspects but I don't fully recall the details. The C in KeePassXC stands for community IRC. Subjectively I 'd say that if you are wondering which of the 3 to use, go with KeePassXC. That's what I am using.

KeePassX was abandoned years ago, which is why KeePassXC exists. KeePass is a different product and more like the original inspiration for KeePassX/XC.

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

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Post by antiframe »

diego_moita wrote: post #50
mettamage wrote: post #41

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…

The other benefit of manually syncing KeePassXC is that you can require it to use a key file in addition to pass phrase. Then you sync the database using another service but not the key file (copy that to each client locally). I'd your cloud provider is compromised they are missing not only your passphrase for brute forcing (good luck) but also the key file.

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

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Post by k8sToGo »

anta40 wrote: post #78

Wait a second... So is this another KeePass fork, and is different from this one: https://formulae.brew.sh/cask/keepassx ?

Originally, they wanted to merge KeepassXC back to KeepassX, but that idea got tossed.

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

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Post by edwinyzh »

Does KeePassXC has triggers like KeePass? I use triggers to auto-mount TrueCrypt drives after opened the password database, does KeepPassCX allow me to do the same thing? Thanks.

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

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Post by worble »

circularfoyers wrote: post #9
Semaphor wrote: post #5

I switched from KeePass to KeePassXC some years ago when I realized the XC browser extension was better than what KeePass offered. Sync via my own Nextcloud, KeePass2Android on mobile, works great :)

Have you tried KeePassDX?

The only issue with KeepassDX is that it doesn't yet support yubikey NFC for challenge response mode, although it's on their roadmap I believe.

Re: KeePassXC 2.7.0

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Post by phoerious »

10729287 wrote: post #36

I use keepass2 at work on a PC/windows and KeepassXC on my home computers (Mac and Linux). The only thing that make me still liking Keepass2 more is its compatibility with plugins. I can't wait for keepassXC to support them.

Why do you want plugins? KeePassXC provides most of what KeePass needs plugins for out of the box in usually much better and more stable and tested quality. KeePassXC will never support plugins the way KeePass does and for good reason. Most plugins are unmaintained and some are outright dangerous to use. Your passwords are too precious to let unverified thirdparty plugins handle them.

If you need external functionality that is not available in KeePassXC, you can try to bolt it on via the KeePassXC-Browser API or open a feature request (or even better: pull request) to get it into the core application.

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