Password Safe

Version: 0.9.2 Web: https://github.com/ Falkalexander/passwordsafe

There’s always a trade-off between security and convenience, and that is perhaps why various password managers exist. Common sense suggests that as long as we deal with authentication almost every day, it’s useful to store sensitive credentials in a dedicated vault. Password Safe can be a solid solution for that.

This is a small desktop application that stores your data in the Keepass v.4 format. Therefore, you can either start with an empty database, or import an existing .kbdx file from Keepass and continue using it with Password Safe. The application promotes itself as a Gnome-friendly frontend for Keepass, and is also known by the name Keepassgtk.

First-time users should press the ‘+’ button in the top-left corner to create a new database file. After that, it is time to enter a new master password three times: two for setting it up and another one for unlocking the database. The logic behind Password Safe is exactly the same as the one behind other Keepass derivatives and frontends. The application lets you create entries and

arrange them into groups. Each entry has a title, a username/password pair, an URL, a description field and an optional icon. All very simple, but don’t miss those tiny buttons next to the field – they can copy the username or the password to the clipboard, follow the URL, or even generate a strong password for you.

Password Safe supports databases that were set up for key files or composite authentication (key file plus password), although it doesn’t provide any means for creating a key file from scratch. Still, the application is ideal for sharing a KBDX database with other Keepass frontends without compromising security.

Password Safe automatically locks your database in case of inactivity, so there’s very little chance your sensitive data will leak. The easiest way to install

Password Safe is to search for it on Flathub. Of course, if you aren’t using Gnome you might as well stick with

Keepass itself, but at least you have the option.

Use the built-in randomness generator to further secure your account.