KeePass is a complimentary, open-source password supervisor that’s been around for 20 years. While functionally solid, the core program lacks many of the functions we’ve come to expect from modern password supervisors such as password capture and replay, password auditing, dark web monitoring, and a native mobile app. On the plus side, it uses a high degree of customizability however requires a specific technical efficiency to take advantage of it, something the typical user most likely doesn’t have.
KeePass: Getting begun
If you’re one of those average users, things get muddy the minute you go to download KeePass. KeePass supplies a link to an edition contrast page, which specifies the 2 editions are “basically different (2.x is not based on 1. In the end, I chose the newest release of edition 2.x because it supports extra security features that 1.x doesn’t.
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As soon as the KeePass installation is total, an empty password database window appears with virtually every button grayed out and no guidelines on how to get going. After going back to the KeePass websites and poking around a bit, I came across a “first steps tutorial” that describes fundamental usage.
You’ll be asked where to store the database file; KeePass stores your database locally on your device rather than in the cloud, which considerably reduces the possibility of a breach. Next, you’re triggered to develop a master password.
After you’ve produced your master password, you can see your database. A menu on the left sorts your passwords into groupings circa 2003 (Networks, Internet, eMail, and so on), and your passwords for the active group are listed in a larger pane on the.
KeePass: Features
Importing passwords from other databases is pretty straightforward. KeePass can import from more than 40 other password managers, including popular commercial alternatives such as Dashlane, Bitwarden, and LastPass, in addition to from Firefox and Chrome internet browsers.
