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KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.

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211Mentions
2Explicit recommenders
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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

I love that the "big guys" get to support syncing passkeys between devices... but others don't (wasn't it KeePas who had issues where they were threatened by being blocked from…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 9:02:44 AM UTC.

No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.

Mentions over time

HN mentions by year211 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-01-19 23:33:12 UTC to 2026-10-14 23:38:36 UTC.

010203040502017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 19 mentions; 1 submissions, 18 comments20172018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 0 submissions, 7 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 10 mentions; 0 submissions, 10 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 0 submissions, 8 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 1 submissions, 6 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 0 submissions, 7 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 24 mentions; 2 submissions, 22 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 47 mentions; 3 submissions, 44 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 45 mentions; 0 submissions, 45 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 37 mentions; 0 submissions, 37 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC19118
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC707
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC10010
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC808
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC716
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC707
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC24222
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC47344
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC45045
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC37037

From the project README

An excerpt from the repository, fetched Nov 14, 2026.

Read the project’s introduction
KeePassXC KeePassXC is a modern, secure, and open-source password manager that stores and manages your most sensitive information. You can run KeePassXC on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. KeePassXC is for people with extremely high demands of secure personal data management. It saves many different types of information, such as usernames, passwords, URLs, attachments, and notes in an offline, encrypted file that can be stored in any location, including private and public cloud solutions. For easy identification and management, user-defined titles and icons can be specified for entries. In addition, entries are sorted into customizable groups. An integrated search function allows you to use advanced patterns to easily find any entry in your database. A customizable, fast, and easy-to-use password generator utility allows you to create passwords with any combination of characters or easy to remember passphrases. Quick Start The QuickStart Guide gets you started using KeePassXC on your Windows, macOS, or Linux computer using pre-compiled binaries from the downloads page. Additionally, individual Linux distributions may ship their own versions, so please check your distribution's package list to see if KeePassXC is available. Detailed documentation is available in the User Guide. Features List KeePassXC has numerous features for novice and power users alike. Our goal is to create an application that can be used by anyone while still offering advanced features to those that need them. Core Features Create, open, and save databases in the KDBX format (KeePass-compatible with KDBX4 and KDBX3) All information is encrypted at rest and never exposed outside the program Store sensitive information in entries that are organized by groups Password generator Search for entries TOTP storage and generation YubiKey/OnlyKey challenge-response support Auto-Type passwords into applications Browser integration with Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Chromium, Vivaldi, Brave, and Tor-Browser Support for passkeys using the browser integration Entry icon download Import databases from CSV, 1Password, Bitwarden, Proton Pass, and KeePass1 formats Advanced Database reports (password health, HIBP, and statistics) Database export to CSV, XML, and HTML formats TOTP storage and generation Field references between entries File attachments and custom attributes Entry history and data restoration Command line interface (keepassxc-cli) SSH Agent integration FreeDesktop.org Secret Service (replace Gnome keyring, etc.) Additional encryption choices: Twofish and ChaCha20 For a full list of changes, read the CHANGELOG document. For a full list of keyboard shortcuts, see KeyboardShortcuts.adoc Building KeePassXC Detailed instructions are available in the Build and Install page and in the Wiki. Contributing We are always looking for suggestions on how to improve KeePassXC. If you find any bugs or have an idea for a new feature, please let us know by opening a report in the issue tracker on GitHub, or join us on Matrix community channel or Matrix development channel, or on IRC in Libera.Chat channels #keepassxc and #keepassxc-dev. You may directly contribute your own code by submitting a pull request. Please read the CONTRIBUTING document for further information. Contributors are required to adhere to the project's Code of Conduct. Generative AI Generative AI is fast becoming a first-party feature in most development environments, including GitHub itself. If the majority of a code submission is made using Generative AI (e.g., agent-based or vibe coding) then we will document that in the pull request. All code submissions go through a rigorous review process regardless of the development workflow or submitter. License KeePassXC code is licensed under GPL-2 or GPL-3. Additional licensing for third-party files is detailed in COPYING.
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What Hacker News says

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I was curious about that, so I looked into it; KeePassXC is having some mixed messages about it: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1870 says "awesome!" https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/1996 says "go away" and I can't figure out what is going on with https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/3560 They reference https://github.com/kryptco/kr-u2f in one of the issues, but it was bought by Akamai and the code was never under an open source license to begin with :-(
In Password Managers
The WebAuthn API can register a resident key on the YubiKey. This will basically store the username, private key and domain on the YubiKey. The website then can later request authentication based off a resident key. This will cause your web browser to query the YubiKey for resident keys of the website. You then can select the resident key with the correct username and will be logged in based on strong cryptography without needing to enter your password or username. Depending on your YubiKey configuration you might need to enter your YubiKey pin for this to work. See the screenshot in this comment on a GitHub issue: https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/issues/3560#issu... The website will need to support this of course. Also the amount of storage available for resident keys on the YubiKey is limited.
In Cloudflare’s CAPTCHA replacement with FIDO2/WebAuthn is a bad idea

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