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KeePassXC

Secure and Full-featured Password Manager.

  • Completely free
  • Windows, macOS and Linux
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

KeePassXC is a password manager, available on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Features described in its GitHub repository, in its Winget manifest and in its Flathub listing: KeePass format compatibility, attachments, password generator and keyboard shortcuts.

Services and protocols mentioned: SSH.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “KeePassXC Password Manager” — official website, 10 November 2026
  • “KeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “Keepass Password Safe”.” — Winget, 10 November 2026
  • “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.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Major features include: Auto-Type into any window, browser integration, password generator, advanced search, comprehensive reports, FDO Secret Service integration, SSH agent key management, and many more!” — Flathub, 10 November 2026
  • “Among the major features are the migration from Qt5 to Qt6, Auto-Type on Wayland (Linux), configurable keyboard shortcuts, remote database synchronization with external tools, quick unlock with password on macOS, and…” — official website, 10 November 2026

At a glance

KeePassXC is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

About

KeePassXC is a modern, secure, and open-source password manager for your most sensitive information. Designed for people with extremely high demands of secure personal data management. You can store many different types of information, such as usernames, passwords, URLs, attachments, and notes in an offline, encrypted file. Major features include: Auto-Type into any window, browser integration, password generator, advanced search, comprehensive reports, FDO Secret Service integration, SSH agent key management, and many more!

Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

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  • Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) —
  • Facts collected from Comptoir du Libre (source code, licence) —
  • Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) —
  • Facts collected from Wikidata (licence, platforms) —
  • Last technical check: 5 November 2026
  • Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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