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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. I shudder to think at the Makefile which would re-implement this: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/2.7.4/CMake... I guess a bazillion QRCODE_INC := $(shell pkg-config --cflags qrencode || true) # or whatever the make…
    comment by mdaniel · 2022-12-07 · in A new CMake Scripting Language?
  2. …to it, you probably care enough about Fody to drop them three dollars. No, I really don't. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/8500 - I was randomly reading keepassxc's manpage and spotted a curious option, spent some time…
    comment by Arnavion · 2022-11-10 · in GitHub stars won't pay your rent (2020)
  3. Looks like a known issue. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/2281 I'm considering adding support for keepassxc in tessen but autotype works only on wlroots based compositors like sway right now.…
    comment by ayushnix · 2022-03-24 · in KeePassXC 2.7.0
  4. …Seems there is an open issue, but KeePassXC author says this is just Windows security theater: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/3460
    comment by 323 · 2022-03-22 · in KeePassXC 2.7.0
  5. Big fan of KeePassXC ( https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc ). Works wonderfully on MacOS. I guess 1Password is a bit snazzier, but I'm really not sure what you would use $620M for in a password manager... Maybe they'll go the…
    comment by chrisma0 · 2022-01-19 · in 1Password Has Raised $620M
  6. N.B. KeePassX hasn't been maintained since 2016! Use https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc instead. (They are compatible)
    comment by executesorder66 · 2021-07-22 · in Open-source alternatives to popular B2B tools
  7. I was curious about that, so I looked into it; KeePassXC is having some mixed messages about it: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1870 says "awesome!" https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1996 says "go away"…
    comment by mdaniel · 2021-06-06 · in Password Managers
  8. …to enter your YubiKey pin for this to work. See the screenshot in this comment on a GitHub issue: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/3560#issu... The website will need to support this of course. Also the amount of storage…
  9. …soon. MOST of my workflow looks and works just fine on it though, which is very impressive. [1]: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/2281
    comment by approxim8ion · 2021-03-17 · in FreeBSD 13.0 – Full Desktop Experience
  10. …your database to KeePassXC and you could use any combination of keyfile, password, and YubiKey. [0] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/127
    comment by 2bluesc · 2021-02-01 · in KeePassXC 2.6.4 Released
  11. Then it may excite you to see this: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/6029
    comment by phoerious · 2021-02-01 · in KeePassXC 2.6.4 Released
  12. …that the accent colors don't match, and there are a ton of complaint issues on their Github page: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5280 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5092…
    comment by bscphil · 2020-10-22 · in KeePassXC 2.6.2 Released
  13. Just a heads up, it fails to run on MacOS < 10.15 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5584
    comment by vhodges · 2020-10-22 · in KeePassXC 2.6.2 Released
  14. …Also, not all hopes are lost. There is a 3-year-old ticket to add trigger system to KeePassXC: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1016
    comment by CrendKing · 2020-10-22 · in 1Password for Linux beta
  15. Check out KeepassXC: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc
  16. …argumenting in an issue that is a valid and necessary usecase for many people using online banking. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/725
    comment by mlukaszek · 2020-07-08 · in KeePassXC 2.6.0 Released
  17. You manually run the audit, and it makes it very clear that it’s about to do an online activity: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/4438
    comment by ObsoleteNerd · 2020-07-08 · in KeePassXC 2.6.0 Released
  18. …secrets with per user control. It's somewhat convoluted but preferable to sharing whole database. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/doc...
  19. For context, here's the issue report the parent's talking about: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1771
    comment by csande17 · 2020-01-05 · in KeePassXC 2.5.2
  20. That's needed for the Auto-Type to find windows. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/3675
    comment by Nerada · 2019-10-27 · in KeePassXC 2.5
  21. Right now the best doc about the CLI would be the manpage I think https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/sha...
    comment by louib · 2019-10-26 · in KeePassXC 2.5
  22. …to Dropbox-esque However, if it's the latter, KeePassXC now knows how to read the .opvault format: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1462 I could imagine teaching it to write their opvault file format, too, but at the time…
  23. …fine for me in these "two step" login scenarios. Edit to clarify: This is what I am talking about: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/wiki/Autotype-Cu...
  24. …However, I've used Syncthing for projects at work and can recommend it as an alternative. [0] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/releases/downloa...
  25. …for in-memory encryption is being worked on, but needs further testing before it can be merged: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/3055 Please note that this still cannot fully prevent swapping out of secrets. As soon as…
    comment by phoerious · 2019-06-12 · in KeePassXC 2.4.3
  26. KeepassXC disables core dumps[0]. [0] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/2718#issu...
    comment by 292355744930110 · 2019-06-12 · in KeePassXC 2.4.3
  27. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/2718#issu... I'd guess it's this one: > KeePassXC also cannot prevent data extraction from a hibernation file which stores your computer's memory to disk when going to sleep. KeePass uses…
    comment by masklinn · 2019-06-12 · in KeePassXC 2.4.3
  28. I thought that it did now. For example this PR: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/3020 Edit: Also, see this PR: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/371
    comment by antongribok · 2019-06-12 · in KeePassXC 2.4.3
  29. …team is working on this one. Maybe it's even ready to use. Didn't try as I don't need this. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/doc...
  30. …you meant MacPass is open source, unlike KeePassXC. Except that KeepassXC is in fact open source: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/ I suppose you meant that MacPass is open source, unlike some other Mac password managers? I…
    comment by tripzilch · 2018-03-11 · in KeePassXC 2.3.0 released
  31. …keyring (eg. providing the system keyring). If anyone is interested in working on it, check out https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1403 !
  32. …branch since that release. I can't find the equivalent of such a branch for KeePass 2. [1]: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/compare/2.3.0......
    comment by Ajedi32 · 2018-02-28 · in KeePassXC 2.3.0 released
  33. …the license is for this software? It looks like there are NINE different license files in the repo: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc Did they just copy paste every different license they could find into the repo?
    comment by dlandis · 2018-02-28 · in KeePassXC 2.3.0 released
  34. …prospects of KeePassXC over KeePass 2. [1]: https://sourceforge.net/p/keepass/code/HEAD/tree/ [2]: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/graphs/contribut... [3]: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc#contributing
    comment by Ajedi32 · 2018-02-28 · in KeePassXC 2.3.0 released
  35. …KDF and I have a lot more faith in that. Code for the old KDF is here if anyone's interested: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/7a55ab64d83...
    comment by piracykills · 2018-02-28 · in KeePassXC 2.3.0 released
  36. …have a basic algorithm in my head for when I don't have my password manager of choice, keepassxc ( https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc ) on hand, but I highly prefer to just keep seperate keepassxc databases and secure them by…
  37. I've been using KeepassXC and really like it. https://keepassxc.org/ https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc HN discussion about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13468261
    comment by flanbiscuit · 2017-10-12 · in KeePass 2.37 has been released
  38. …support KDBX yet, but they'r working on it[2]. [1] http://keepass.info/help/kb/kdbx_4.html [2] https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/148
    comment by edraferi · 2017-07-21 · in On Password Managers
  39. Done! https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/675 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/676 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/677
  40. …an issue for the wrong repository, and it looks like someone has already made an issue for me: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/668 Thanks for your attention
  41. …but at that point I already gave up on getting them to accept my patch. The PR is [here]( https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/399 ), you can read it, I know I sound rather impatient here. The other PR on updating their Docker…
  42. …it, I'm much more comfortable with the modern, heavily reviewed Argon2 design used in the KDBX4. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/148
  43. …hard work. BTW the Windows portable version link on your download page is 404ing: Incorrect URL: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/releases/downloa... Correct URL: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/releases/downloa...
  44. …originally motivated the fork: https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx/pulls Discussion for context: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/43
    comment by lucideer · 2017-05-05 · in Password reuse and credential stuffing
  45. …of security issues (and unknowns) with KeePassHttp: https://github.com/pfn/keepasshttp/issues/258 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/147 I've been looking for a alternative with somewhat parity with lastpass with a better…
    comment by compuguy · 2017-03-23 · in LastPass: Security done wrong
  46. …recommend. Once it's implemented I may reconsider, but for now at least, I'd shy away from it. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/148
    comment by problems · 2017-03-22 · in LastPass RCE vulnerability fixed
  47. …is using Argon2 instead of a custom AES-based KDF? Not yet, but it's planned for the next release https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/148
  48. > Does it support the new kdbx4 ...? R: NO, https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/148 > Why should I move from KeePass2 to this? R: KeePass 1.x and 2.x are the official KeePass releases, KeePassX is a community port in C++…
  49. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/43 states the maintainer hasn't been commenting on PRs. I looked on the keepassx GitHub and some issues with no response are over 2 years old.
  50. The reasons for the fork are explained in details there: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/43#issuec... It is rather worrying that they mention "keypasshttp" as being one of the pull request which was never merged,…