Title: Free password management solution: KeePass
Slug: free-password-management-solution-keepass
Date: 2016-06-19 15:50:00
Author: Kartones
Lang: en
Tags: Tools, Operating Systems
Description: My transition from a commercial password management solution to KeePass, a free, open-source alternative.


<p>For many years I've been using a commercial password management solution, and despite being happy with it, I've had some issues: pay for each platform (now free in read-only model, but wasn't always this way), major version changes rendering some old platforms obsolete, lack of Linux support... So after some hesitation and research I migrated to a free, Linux-compatible and as a bonus opensource, alternative: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeePass">KeePass</a>.</p>

<p>These are the tools around this solution that I use:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://keepassxc.org/">KeePassXC</a>: Multi-patform binaries</li>
<li><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.keepass&amp;hl=en">KeePassDroid</a>: Android implementation without shady in-app purchases, etc.</li>
<li><a href="https://apps.apple.com/se/app/keepass-touch/id966759076?l=en-GB">KeePass Touch</a>: iOS implementation. Free version has ads, but it is cheap, and it comes with a lot of features, including local sync.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/MiniKeePass/MiniKeePass">MiniKeePass</a>: iOS implementation, without untrusted sources, in-app purchases, etc.</li>
</ul>

<p>And a few tips:</p>
<ul>
<li>The UI is functional but ugly, don't expect anything fancy. That said, it is fast to add new data, search works fine and you can customize a lot</li>
<li>For Android I just copy &amp; paste the database file into the phone, for iOS is not that easy, but opening from Box/Dropbox &amp; "send to MiniKeePass" does the job without needing iTunes</li>
<li>I haven't tried online synchronization as I prefer the DB file not to be moving around too much, but there are plugins and options to do it</li>
</ul>