Keepassxc
Version: 2.3.4 Web: https://github. com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc
K eepassxc won our password managers Roundup in LXF233 and we’re happy to see that since then this great application has gained even more useful features. The 2.3.x series has introduced the new browser integration capability, which works like a charm. While there are many password managers for Linux, few can offer decent integration with web browsers. Currently, Keepassxc officially supports GoogleChrome, Chromium, Vivaldi and Firefox via dedicated extensions that evolve at the neighbour project at github.com/keepassxreboot/
keepassxc-browser. Both extensions are also available from the Google Webstore and Firefox Add-ons.
The working browser API and those extensions bring password management in Linux to a new level. When it comes to authenticating at forums, freelance sites and many other places that invite you to sign up, browser integration is a must! Interestingly, Keepassxc supports most other web browsers as well, even without a tight extension-based integration. For instance, browsers such as Falkon or Otter sometimes refuse to detect credential fields on some tricky sites, and that’s where
Keepassxc can help. Its toolbar has the Perform Autotype option that can fill in the required fields with minimum efforts from the user. One needs to set a global keyboard shortcut that would toggle and bring up the Keepassxc entry selection dialog and it’ll be nearly done. This feature means privacy-aware Linux users can stop storing their sensitive credential details inside their web browsers’ profiles, and rely on Keepassxc instead.
Elsewhere, Keepassxc’s main toolbar has frequently used buttons for copying certain fields to the clipboard and for locking the database in case of any doubt. In addition, the program’s main window can be filled with any number of records that can be sorted into groups and organised as a hierarchy tree.