Software:KeePassXC

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Short description: Free software password manager
KeePassXC
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KeePassXC 2.6.6 main menu in Windows 10
Developer(s)KeePassXC Team
Initial releaseMay 2, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-05-02)
Stable release
2.7.6 / August 14, 2023; 6 months ago (2023-08-14)
Written inC++
Operating system
Platformx64, x86, Apple silicon, AArch64 and others
TypePassword manager
LicenseGPL 2.0 and 3.0[1]
Websitehttps://keepassxc.org/

KeePassXC is a free and open-source password manager. It started as a community fork of KeePassX[2][3] (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, Windows, macOS, and BSD.[4][5][6]

KeePassXC uses the KeePass 2.x (.kdbx) password database format as the native format.[7] 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.[2]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation mention KeePassXC as "an example of a password manager that is open-source and free".[8] A security review of KeePassXC version 2.7.4 was completed in late 2022.[9]

An accompanying browser extension[10] is also available for Firefox,[11] Tor-Browser, Google Chrome,[12] Vivaldi, Microsoft Edge,[13] and Chromium. Extensions can be linked by enabling browser integration in the desktop application.[14]

See also

References

  1. "COPYING". https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/COPYING. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "The Project". October 16, 2016. https://keepassxc.org/project/. 
  3. Thornton, Bob (January 6, 2020). "KeePassXC 2.5.2". https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/download/security/keepassxc-252-3331430/. 
  4. "Download". https://keepassxc.org/download/. 
  5. "OpenPorts.se | The OpenBSD package collection". https://openports.se/security/keepassxc. 
  6. "FreshPorts -- security/keepassxc: KeePass Cross-platform Community Edition". https://www.freshports.org/security/keepassxc/. 
  7. "Documentation and FAQ". https://keepassxc.org/docs/#faq-format. 
  8. "Creating Strong Passwords". Surveillance Self-Defense. Electronic Frontier Foundation. February 2, 2021. https://ssd.eff.org/en/module/creating-strong-passwords. 
  9. "KeePassXC Application Security Review" (in en-US). https://molotnikov.de/keepassxc-review. 
  10. (in en-US) KeePassXC-Browser, August 31, 2022, https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc-browser, retrieved September 2, 2022 
  11. "KeePassXC-Browser – Get this Extension for Firefox (en-US)" (in en-US). https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/keepassxc-browser/. 
  12. "KeePassXC-Browser" (in en). https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/keepassxc-browser/oboonakemofpalcgghocfoadofidjkkk. 
  13. "KeePassXC-Browser - Microsoft Edge Addons". https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/keepassxcbrowser/pdffhmdngciaglkoonimfcmckehcpafo. 
  14. "KeePassXC: Getting Started Guide". https://keepassxc.org/docs/KeePassXC_GettingStarted#_setup_browser_integration. 

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