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I have been using KeePass for years. Why should I go to KeePassX or KeePassXC? Their FAQs isn't too convicing! > KeePass is a very proven and feature-rich pas

I have been using KeePass for years. Why should I go to KeePassX or KeePassXC? Their FAQs isn't too convicing! > KeePass is a very proven and feature-rich password manager and there is nothing fundamentally wrong with it. However, it is written in C# and therefore requires Microsoft's .NET platform. On systems other than Windows, you can run KeePass using the Mono runtime libraries, but you won't get the native look and feel which you are used to. KeePassXC, on the other hand, is developed in C++ and runs natively on all platforms giving you the best-possible platform integration.

24gttghh 6y ago
That seems pretty convincing if you want to easily open your KeePass file on Linux without dealing with Mono. I do that quite often.
- czbond 6y ago
  Does XC run on OS X ? Been using "X" on OS X for a while.
  - vhodges 6y ago
    Yep, switched from lastpass to KeepassXC 2 weeks ago.
  - saghm 6y ago
    Yep! https://keepassxc.org/download/ https://keepassxc.org/download/
  - madushan1000 6y ago
    yup, it's pretty good
ploxiln 6y ago
KeePass is awkward on macOS and Linux. KeePassX hasn't had a release in 4 years. Thus, KeePassXC ... it's actually pretty good IMHO.
- 0df8dkdf 6y ago
  It runs nicely on Mac!
shmerl 6y ago
KeepassXC is using Qt for UI. That sounds a lot better to me than Mono.
vmception 6y ago
KeePassXC is the move, you can import your old keepass database
freeone3000 6y ago
The database is fully interoperable and the keyboard shortcuts aren't dumb.
nikhilgk 6y ago
Built in SSH agent - to store you ssh keys and make them available to your ssh clients. KeePass supported it to too, but awkwardly through an extension which needed to be separately installed.
mdaniel 6y ago
FWIW, KeePassXC's auto-type can help keep your clipboard free of passwords; its built-in ssh-agent can keep your unencrypted keys off disk; it has the ability to read 1Password .opvault (that is perhaps becoming less important now that their 1Password for Linux is coming out, but it still has no support for _local_ vaults and I'm not holding my breath they'll fix that) ... and that's the best list I can come up with not having actively used either of the other clients
MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago
For Linux support. Keepass on windows, x or xc on mac and Linux. Keepass is the best but the others are still fine as well.
polote 6y ago
Personally I've switched to keepassXC the day I had to read my password db from python, I could not make it work with keepassx
bscphil 6y ago
> On systems other than Windows, you can run KeePass using the Mono runtime libraries, but you won't get the native look and feel which you are used to. This is extremely funny because they actually replaced the native UI with their own terrible theme. So actually, they deliberately sabotaged their own argument for using KeePassXC! Granted, you can switch to the "classic UI", at least until they get rid of that. But there are a number of issues, including that the accent colors don't match, and there are a ton of complaint issues on their Github page: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5280 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5280 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5092 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5092 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5301 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5301
- ukyrgf 6y ago
  Yeah their constant revisions to the UI lately has made me start reaching for Bitwarden more and more. There was once a time I could run it on Windows, Linux, Mac, at home or at work, and it all looked the same. Now I'm always guessing where things moved to or how to copy additional attributes...
Nullabillity 6y ago
In addition to what the others said... - Safer web browser integration (uses WebExtension Native Messaging, rather than a localhost service) - Built-in YubiKey integration - "Health check" dashboard that shows you problematic passwords (expired, weak, reused, Have I Been Pwned integration)
- fidelramos 6y ago
  > Built-in YubiKey integration And OnlyKey support too!
dec0dedab0de 6y ago
I've been using KeepassX for about a decade, I forgot that Keepass was a separate application until just now.

24gttghh 6y ago

That seems pretty convincing if you want to easily open your KeePass file on Linux without dealing with Mono. I do that quite often.

czbond 6y ago
Does XC run on OS X ? Been using "X" on OS X for a while.
- vhodges 6y ago
  Yep, switched from lastpass to KeepassXC 2 weeks ago.
- saghm 6y ago
  Yep! https://keepassxc.org/download/ https://keepassxc.org/download/
- madushan1000 6y ago
  yup, it's pretty good

ploxiln 6y ago

KeePass is awkward on macOS and Linux. KeePassX hasn't had a release in 4 years. Thus, KeePassXC ... it's actually pretty good IMHO.

0df8dkdf 6y ago
It runs nicely on Mac!

shmerl 6y ago

KeepassXC is using Qt for UI. That sounds a lot better to me than Mono.

vmception 6y ago

KeePassXC is the move, you can import your old keepass database

freeone3000 6y ago

The database is fully interoperable and the keyboard shortcuts aren't dumb.

nikhilgk 6y ago

Built in SSH agent - to store you ssh keys and make them available to your ssh clients. KeePass supported it to too, but awkwardly through an extension which needed to be separately installed.

mdaniel 6y ago

FWIW, KeePassXC's auto-type can help keep your clipboard free of passwords; its built-in ssh-agent can keep your unencrypted keys off disk; it has the ability to read 1Password .opvault (that is perhaps becoming less important now that their 1Password for Linux is coming out, but it still has no support for _local_ vaults and I'm not holding my breath they'll fix that) ... and that's the best list I can come up with not having actively used either of the other clients

MeinBlutIstBlau 6y ago

For Linux support. Keepass on windows, x or xc on mac and Linux. Keepass is the best but the others are still fine as well.

polote 6y ago

Personally I've switched to keepassXC the day I had to read my password db from python, I could not make it work with keepassx

bscphil 6y ago

> On systems other than Windows, you can run KeePass using the Mono runtime libraries, but you won't get the native look and feel which you are used to. This is extremely funny because they actually replaced the native UI with their own terrible theme. So actually, they deliberately sabotaged their own argument for using KeePassXC! Granted, you can switch to the "classic UI", at least until they get rid of that. But there are a number of issues, including that the accent colors don't match, and there are a ton of complaint issues on their Github page: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5280 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5280 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5092 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5092 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5301 https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/5301

ukyrgf 6y ago
Yeah their constant revisions to the UI lately has made me start reaching for Bitwarden more and more. There was once a time I could run it on Windows, Linux, Mac, at home or at work, and it all looked the same. Now I'm always guessing where things moved to or how to copy additional attributes...

Nullabillity 6y ago

In addition to what the others said... - Safer web browser integration (uses WebExtension Native Messaging, rather than a localhost service) - Built-in YubiKey integration - "Health check" dashboard that shows you problematic passwords (expired, weak, reused, Have I Been Pwned integration)

fidelramos 6y ago
> Built-in YubiKey integration And OnlyKey support too!

dec0dedab0de 6y ago

I've been using KeepassX for about a decade, I forgot that Keepass was a separate application until just now.