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KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.

211 mentions on Hacker News by 147 people: 7 stories, 204 comments · first 2017-01-19 · latest 2026-10-14

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  1. The documentation should be updated to reflect this, because at this time https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/wiki/Building-Ke... -DWITH_XC_ALL=[ON|OFF] Enable/Disable compiling all plugins above (default: OFF) still use the…
  2. …(or expected to be passed to cmake/bash release tool). Same thing for the ppa packaging. [3] 0. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/INS... 1. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/da90319d2d0... 2.…
  3. …people blindly running `sudo apt install keepassxc` will get an inferior, less secure product. [0] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/INS...
  4. …the one who has to explain it to users. Edit: see the arrogance of the Debian guy (Julian) here: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss... - that’s what I’m talking about.
  5. …the number of such compile-time flags in the future, so these things cannot be disabled anymore. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss...
  6. The default build of KeepassXC is without any optional modules https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/wiki/Building-Ke... -DWITH_XC_ALL=[ON|OFF] Enable/Disable compiling all plugins above (default: OFF) To me, it seems like the…
  7. …intended configuration from the authors is for all features to be compiled in and available. See: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss... https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss...
  8. …reasonable otherwise. [0] https://salsa.debian.org/debian/keepassxc/-/commit/7d6d16e3f... [1] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/CMa...
  9. …maintainers are lying about it by saying that he has 'decided to remove ALL features from it' in https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725 the debian maintainer explains: > It is our responsibility to our users to provide…
  10. …and relied on them? EDIT: link to a KeeppassXC maintainer explaining that they're not plugins: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss...
  11. …access to their most important secrets can sometimes do irrational things in the moment of panic. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss...
  12. …all the bug reports because Debian decided to swap the packages out from underneath their users: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss... > This is now our fourth bug report because of the decision to neuter the base…
  13. …while new users can choose for themselves which of the versions they'd like to install https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss... Why would this _not_ be the obvious choice?
  14. …Enable/Disable Networking support (e.g., favicon downloading) (default: OFF) https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/INS...
  15. …do not want the minimal distribution of KeepassXC to be branded as the main "keepassxc" package: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss...
  16. …the KeepassXC repo: > Good luck to you. Really bad decision. We will be sure to let everyone know. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss...
  17. …for Debian users - something like keepassxc-lite and keepassxc-full might be more informative. [0] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss... [1] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss...
  18. …features in the base keepassxc package does nothing besides create angry (or confused) users. [1] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725#iss...
  19. Good discussion here: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725
  20. For folks interested this issue on GitHub seems to have the latest comments. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10725
  21. …day, given the mess that is attestation and its ability to enforce user-hostile ecosystem lockin: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10407 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39698502 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39…
  22. …feel this. See the previously linked comment from someone upset that KeyPassXC lets users export: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10407 When it comes to Apple, or Google, remember that people keep their accounts (and…
    comment by nullfield · 2024-04-27 · in Passkeys: A shattered dream
  23. …are more concerned about threatening projects that have the audacity to use common sense instead: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10407 (and https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10406 )
    comment by flaminHotSpeedo · 2024-04-27 · in Passkeys: A shattered dream
  24. …templates, it's a no go for me. They are discussing it though (for 2.8.0), so maybe a future thing. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/8228
    comment by sigzero · 2024-04-26 · in Passkeys: A shattered dream
  25. …indication now that attestation and certification can be used to punish and block spec deviations ( https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/10406#iss... ). This comment could not possibly be more clear, FIDO Alliance is looking…
  26. …supports exporting, but i don't think it is released in a stable version / to the public yet: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825
  27. …of random issues like this. X just works for me, and I don't have the time and energy to care. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/2281
  28. …comment[0] in the github issue. EDIT: According to the pr[1] it does support import/export --- 0: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1870#issu... 1: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825
    comment by imran-iq · 2023-11-01 · in Bitwarden adds support for passkeys
  29. KeepassXC will have passkey support soon: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1870 Don't get FOMO; both seem to support export and import, and they seem to be compatible formats, but you may need to lightly modify the CSV…
    comment by mksybr · 2023-11-01 · in Bitwarden adds support for passkeys
  30. …the bank turns it on for a few 'blessed' providers, or mandate a hardware implementation. Watching https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1870 with baited breath... :)
  31. …some details about the implementation, and what should be done in future work on passkey support: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825 Bitwarden has a few blogs if you search for bitwarden passkeys, but from skimming one…
  32. Fyi it’s in the works for KeepassXC: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1870#issu...
    comment by DavideNL · 2023-09-25 · in Passkeys are generally available
  33. …Bitwarden's implementation is pretty basic but the KeePass ecosystem is still sorting it out: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/8228
  34. …because they want to replace passwords and passwords are independent by their nature. [0]: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825
  35. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/2292#issuec... became https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/commit/125a81f2e... for some inexplicable reason. Now it looks like droidmonkey authored that entire feature. I did see the…
    comment by mdaniel · 2023-07-06 · in Rejected GitHub profile achievements
  36. …just fine. We will also have at least one open software implementation when this gets merged: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825 There are braindead implementations like PayPal's: https://www.paypal.com/us/cshelp/article/…
    comment by 5e92cb50239222b · 2023-07-04 · in Passwords Are Fine
  37. …if you want; there is an Android app that can use the same database. [0] https://keepassxc.org/ [1] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc
  38. > KeePass does today Not yet: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/8214 (and https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825 ) And even if they will, they're at mercy of e.g. Apple letting anyone to replace iCloud…
    comment by drdaeman · 2023-06-08 · in Tailscale doesn't want your password
  39. …passkeys in software, and for storing passkeys in TPMs. https://github.com/bulwarkid/virtual-fido/ https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825 https://github.com/psanford/tpm-fido https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/je…
    comment by pabs3 · 2023-06-08 · in Tailscale doesn't want your password
  40. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825 ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35859877 ) may interest you, although the PR is still open, so likely not something someone could use right now
  41. Also note that KeepassXC is unaffected - https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/discussions/9433
  42. …will provide the necessary level of motivation and support to get this over the finish line. [1]: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1870 [2]: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1870#issu...
  43. KeePassXC has in-progress passkey support, which will enable part of that: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825
  44. …see also "Support for passkey #8214"[2]. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35851476 [1] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825 [2] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/8214
    comment by miles · 2023-05-07 · in Passkeys: A Loss of User Control?
  45. There is a pull request for adding passkeys to KeePassXC: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8825
  46. …deallocation could be improved to not to contain secrets after the database is locked though. See https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/7335 for progress on this issue Then again, the PDF mysteriously doesn't indicate which…
    comment by mdaniel · 2023-04-15 · in KeePassXC Audit Report
  47. Looks like there's already a similar issue.[0] Lots of discussion but no solution yet. [0] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/99
    comment by aheckler · 2023-01-19 · in Bitwarden Acquires Passwordless.dev
  48. KeepassXC can check for compromised passwords using HIBP since v2.6.0. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/4438
    comment by britneybitch · 2023-01-02 · in The quest for a family-friendly password manager
  49. …track of this GitHub issue to follow the progress of getting the feature in FOSS password managers: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/8214 It appears that we are still in the "walled garden bullshit" phase, so I'll pass…
    comment by arcanemachiner · 2022-12-10 · in A Yubico FAQ about passkeys
  50. …tested in CI on each PR? Clearly not "2^26 possibilities," but not "linux/amd64 or gtfo" either: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/releases/tag/2.7...
    comment by mdaniel · 2022-12-07 · in A new CMake Scripting Language?