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I was only familiar with Keepass. What are the differences between all the different products? KeypassXC, KeepassX and Keepass?

AdamGibbins 7y ago
Keepass uses .NET, so is dependant on the mono framework etc on non-Windows. KeepassX is no longer maintained. KeepassXC is maintained and more featured, it's also not dependant on .NET.
- apta 7y ago
  Wouldn't this sort of software be better written in a safe language like C# as opposed to C++?
  - moocowtruck 7y ago
    no how else would we get your passwords?
  - sha666sum 7y ago
    It runs locally, and if the attacker has that much access, in most scenarios there isn't anything stopping your adversary from just logging your keystrokes and curling the keystore to a remote server.
  - sebazzz 7y ago
    Yes and no. In a language like C++ you might have more control on encrypting and zeroing out sensitive memory.
- tunesmith 7y ago
  For mac users, there's also MacPass (https://macpassapp.org https://macpassapp.org), which is Keepass compatible.
  - random3 7y ago
    Seeing the issue for Yubikey still open after 6 years, it doesn't inspire any confidence https://github.com/MacPass/MacPass/issues/90 https://github.com/MacPass/MacPass/issues/90
kijiki 7y ago
Keypass is written in C#, so requires a .NET runtime. KeypassX is a rewrite in C++, using QT. KeypassXC is a fork of KeypassX, as KeypassX was felt to be unmaintained.
- JohnTHaller 7y ago
  > KeypassX was felt to be unmaintained KeypassX was abandoned 3 years ago
  - bscphil 7y ago
    Actually it's still receiving commits, the maintainer just doesn't have a lot of time for it. https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx/commits/master https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx/commits/master
    - JohnTHaller 7y ago
      Not sure if a single commit of two includes in the last two years really counts.
    - delibratamateur 7y ago
      Hey bscphil, if you'll recall you made a comment about 5 months ago saying that you were playing around with augmenting CarpalX to allow moving around the symbol keys in the model. I am interested in breaking down the model. Is there a place I'd be able to contact you?

AdamGibbins 7y ago

Keepass uses .NET, so is dependant on the mono framework etc on non-Windows. KeepassX is no longer maintained. KeepassXC is maintained and more featured, it's also not dependant on .NET.

apta 7y ago
Wouldn't this sort of software be better written in a safe language like C# as opposed to C++?
- moocowtruck 7y ago
  no how else would we get your passwords?
- sha666sum 7y ago
  It runs locally, and if the attacker has that much access, in most scenarios there isn't anything stopping your adversary from just logging your keystrokes and curling the keystore to a remote server.
- sebazzz 7y ago
  Yes and no. In a language like C++ you might have more control on encrypting and zeroing out sensitive memory.
tunesmith 7y ago
For mac users, there's also MacPass (https://macpassapp.org https://macpassapp.org), which is Keepass compatible.
- random3 7y ago
  Seeing the issue for Yubikey still open after 6 years, it doesn't inspire any confidence https://github.com/MacPass/MacPass/issues/90 https://github.com/MacPass/MacPass/issues/90

kijiki 7y ago

Keypass is written in C#, so requires a .NET runtime. KeypassX is a rewrite in C++, using QT. KeypassXC is a fork of KeypassX, as KeypassX was felt to be unmaintained.

JohnTHaller 7y ago
> KeypassX was felt to be unmaintained KeypassX was abandoned 3 years ago
- bscphil 7y ago
  Actually it's still receiving commits, the maintainer just doesn't have a lot of time for it. https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx/commits/master https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx/commits/master
  - JohnTHaller 7y ago
    Not sure if a single commit of two includes in the last two years really counts.
  - delibratamateur 7y ago
    Hey bscphil, if you'll recall you made a comment about 5 months ago saying that you were playing around with augmenting CarpalX to allow moving around the symbol keys in the model. I am interested in breaking down the model. Is there a place I'd be able to contact you?