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This patch implements a new database wizard to guide users through the process of setting up a new database and choosing sane encryption settings. It also reimplements the master key settings to be more user-friendly. Users can now add, change, or remove individual composite key components instead of having to set all components at once. This avoids confusion about a password being reset if the user only wants to add a key file. With these changes comes a major refactor of how database composite keys and key components are handled. Copying of keys is prohibited and each key exists only once in memory and is referenced via shared pointers. GUI components for changing individual keys are encapsulated into separate classes to be more reusable. The password edit and generator widgets have also been refactored to be more reusable.
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!