KeePassXC is a
free and open-source
Free and open-source software (FOSS) is software available under a Software license, license that grants users the right to use, modify, and distribute the software modified or not to everyone free of charge. FOSS is an inclusive umbrella term ...
password manager
A password manager is a software program to prevent password fatigue by Random password generator, automatically generating, Autofill, autofilling and storing Password, passwords. It can do this for Application software, local applications or web ...
. It started as a community fork of
KeePassX (itself a cross-platform port of
KeePass
KeePass Password Safe is a free and open-source password manager primarily for Windows. It officially supports macOS and Linux operating systems through the use of Mono (software), Mono. Additionally, there are several unofficial Porting, ports ...
).
It is built using
Qt5 libraries, making it a multi-platform application which can be run on
Linux
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,
Windows
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,
macOS
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, and
BSD
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.
KeePassXC uses the KeePass 2.x (.kdbx) password database format natively. It can also import (and convert) version 2 and the older KeePass 1 (.kdb) databases. KeePassXC supports having key files and
YubiKey challenge-response for additional security.
The
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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It provides funds for legal defense in court, ...
mentions KeePassXC as "easy-to-use
ndrobust software". A security review of KeePassXC version 2.7.4 was completed in late 2022.
An accompanying browser extension is available for
Firefox
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, Tor-Browser,
Google Chrome
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,
Vivaldi
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,
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge is a Proprietary Software, proprietary cross-platform software, cross-platform web browser created by Microsoft and based on the Chromium (web browser), Chromium open-source project, superseding Edge Legacy. In Windows 11, Edge ...
, and
Chromium
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Chromium ...
. Extensions can be linked by enabling browser integration in the desktop application.
See also
*
List of password managers
The list below includes the names of notable of password managers with their Wikipedia articles.
Summary information
Features
See also
* Password manager
* Password fatigue
Password fatigue is the feeling experienced by many people wh ...
*
Cryptography
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References
External links
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Free password managers
Software that uses Qt
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