KeePassX is a
free and open-source
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password manager. It started as a
Linux
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port
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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. Additionally, there are several unofficial ports for Windows Phone, ...
,
which was at that time an
open-source
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but
Windows
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-only
password manager
A password manager is a computer program that allows users to store and manage their passwords for local applications and online services. In many cases software used to manage passwords allow also generate strong passwords and fill forms. Pas ...
. Both are now cross platform, with KeePassX using
Qt libraries and recent versions of KeePass using
.NET / Mono. It is built using version 5 of the
Qt toolkit
Qt (pronounced "cute") is cross-platform software for creating graphical user interfaces as well as cross-platform applications that run on various software and hardware platforms such as Linux, Windows, macOS, Android or embedded systems wit ...
, making it a multi-platform application, which can be run on
Linux
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, Windows, and
macOS
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.
KeePassX uses the KeePass 2 (
.kdbx) password database format as the native format. It can also import (and convert) the older KeePass 1 (
.kdb) databases.
As of December 2021, KeePassX is no longer actively maintained.
There is a community fork of KeePassX, called
KeePassXC
KeePassXC is a free and open-source password manager. It started as a community fork of KeePassX (itself a cross-platform port of KeePass).
It is built using Qt5 libraries, making it a multi-platform application which can be run on Linux, ...
.
See also
*
List of password managers
The list below includes the names of notable password managers with dedicated Wikipedia articles.
Summary information
Features
See also
* Password manager
* Password fatigue
Password fatigue is the feeling experienced by many people who ...
*
Password manager
A password manager is a computer program that allows users to store and manage their passwords for local applications and online services. In many cases software used to manage passwords allow also generate strong passwords and fill forms. Pas ...
*
Cryptography
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References
External links
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Free password managers
Software that uses Qt
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