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The CLI module was lacking unit test coverage and showed some severe coding style violations, which this patch addresses. In addition, all uses of qCritical() with untranslatble raw char* sequences were removed in favor of proper locale strings. These are written to STDERR through QTextStreams and support output redirection for testing purposes. With this change, error messages don't depend on the global Qt logging settings and targets anymore and go directly to the terminal or into a file if needed. This patch also fixes a bug discovered during unit test development, where the extract command would just dump the raw XML contents without decrypting embedded Salsa20-protected values first, making the XML export mostly useless, since passwords are scrambled. Lastly, all CLI commands received a dedicated -h/--help option.
KeePassXC
About KeePassXC
KeePassXC is a cross-platform community fork of KeePassX. Our goal is to extend and improve it with new features and bugfixes to provide a feature-rich, fully cross-platform and modern open-source password manager.
Installation
The KeePassXC QuickStart gets you started using KeePassXC on your Windows, Mac, or Linux computer using pre-compiled binaries from the downloads page.
Additionally, individual Linux distributions may ship their own versions, so please check out your distribution's package list to see if KeePassXC is available.
Additional features compared to KeePassX
- Auto-Type on all three major platforms (Linux, Windows, macOS)
- Twofish encryption
- YubiKey challenge-response support
- TOTP generation
- CSV import
- Command line interface
- DEP and ASLR hardening
- Stand-alone password and passphrase generator
- Password strength meter
- Using website favicons as entry icons
- Merging of databases
- Automatic reload when the database changed on disk
- Browser integration with KeePassHTTP-Connector for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome or Chromium, and passafari in Safari. [See note about KeePassHTTP]
- Browser integration with KeePassXC-Browser using native messaging for Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome or Chromium
- Many bug fixes
For a full list of features and changes, read the CHANGELOG document.
Building KeePassXC
Detailed instructions are available in the Build and Install page or on the Wiki page.
Contributing
We are always looking for suggestions how to improve our application. If you find any bugs or have an idea for a new feature, please let us know by opening a report in our issue tracker on GitHub or join us on IRC on freenode channels #keepassxc or #keepassxc-dev.
You can of course also directly contribute your own code. We are happy to accept your pull requests.
Please read the CONTRIBUTING document for further information.
Note about KeePassHTTP
The KeePassHTTP protocol is not a highly secure protocol. It has a certain flaw which could allow an attacker to decrypt your passwords should they manage to impersonate the web browser extension from a remote address.
To minimize the risk, KeePassXC strictly limits communication between itself and the browser plugin to your local computer (localhost). This makes your passwords quite safe, but as with all open source software, use it at your own risk!