I tested the '2.x' version of KeePass, which has a rich set of features and can be installed on platforms beyond Windows. To unlock the full power of KeePass, you really need to install plugins and extensions. The core KeePass desktop application supports password generation and management, syncing via local hard disks or network shares, auto-type form-filling and auto-type hot-key form filling. But it is perfect for my use case, and for my non-technical parents that I introduced it to, regardless of price.That includes finding an online storage solution, such as Dropbox or Google Drive, to host your password database if you want to sync your KeePass vault between your devices using the internet. I am sure you could find excellent mobile clients too (I wouldn't know as I never had the need), but I understand that lack of official clients and having to choose among non-official clients, some of whom might be buggy, can be frustrating. I understand that KeePass wasn't for you, and it probably isn't for heavy mobile users as it is primarily a desktop program (official KeePass client works on macOS and Linux by the way, though it feels more at home in Windows). Indeed, even if one day I give in and start using those online services for everything, something as vital as a password manager would be one of the last places where I would cave in. > something as useful and vital as a password manager

People have different preferences and priorities.Įven if the pricing was reversed, I am sure many people would prefer KeePass, as I do, just as in general preferring paid desktop programs to free online services. That's not true, just as it's not true for similar arguments for Android vs iOS, or Linux vs Windows, or Windows vs MacOS. You are talking as if KeePass's only advantage is being free and it is only preferred by people who cheapen out. All that hassle so that you can save $10 a year.

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