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).
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| Developer(s) | KeePassXC Team |
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| Initial release | May 2, 2012 |
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| Written in | C++ |
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| Platform | x86-64, x86, Apple silicon, AArch64 and others |
| Type | Password manager |
| License | GPL 2.0 and 3.0 |
| Website | https://keepassxc.org/ |
It is built using Qt5 libraries, making it a multi-platform application which can be run on Linux, Windows, macOS, and BSD.
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 mention KeePassXC as "an example of a password manager that is open-source and free". A security review of KeePassXC version 2.7.4 was completed in late 2022.
An accompanying browser extension is available for Firefox, Tor-Browser, Google Chrome, Vivaldi, Microsoft Edge, and Chromium. Extensions can be linked by enabling browser integration in the desktop application.