You are here

Home » Forums » General Forums » Request Apps

KeePassX is open source and cross-platform

12 posts / 0 new
Log in or register to post comments
Last post
October 23, 2008 - 11:56pm
#1
aeohipo
Offline
Last seen: 14 years 5 months ago
Joined: 2008-10-15 10:28
KeePassX is open source and cross-platform

I would like to see a portable version of KeePassX (http://www.keepassx.org/). Its interface is very similar as KeePass Password Safe's but this is cross-platform. I have installed Windows XP and Ubuntu in my PC and I just need one password file for the two systems. Both versions can read and write the same password file without language code issues (my native language is Spanish). I think it would be fantastic if I could carry this app in my USB stick along with my pass file in order to access my keys anywhere on the road.

Top
October 24, 2008 - 12:26am
Jacob Mastel
Offline
Last seen: 2 years 5 months ago
Developer
Joined: 2007-06-13 19:36
Looks interesting...

I'll take a look play with it ect. and get back to you on Monday.

Release Team Member

Top
October 24, 2008 - 9:28am
John T. Haller
John T. Haller's picture
Offline
Last seen: 1 hour 59 min ago
AdminDeveloperModeratorTranslator
Joined: 2005-11-28 22:21
Unnecessary

It's really unnecessary. KeePassX *IS* KeePass, which we already have packaged. You can move the password file back and forth between your local install of KeePassX on Ubuntu, your local install of KeePass on Windows and KeePass Portable.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

Top
October 24, 2008 - 9:35am
(Reply to #3)
arqbrulo
arqbrulo's picture
Offline
Last seen: 3 years 1 month ago
Joined: 2006-08-10 16:38
True

i do it all the time. I dont need to move anything, I just open the file from the usb within keepassx.

"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on." -- Robert Frost
"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: baby ain't mine." -- Adam Holguin

Top
October 24, 2008 - 2:18pm
(Reply to #4)
Simeon
Simeon's picture
Offline
Last seen: 8 years 5 months ago
DeveloperTranslator
Joined: 2006-09-25 15:15
ditto

My KeepassX automatically opens the file on my stick if its plugged in.

"What about Love?" - "Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate." - Al Pacino in The Devils Advocate

Top
October 24, 2008 - 7:44pm
(Reply to #5)
Jacob Mastel
Offline
Last seen: 2 years 5 months ago
Developer
Joined: 2007-06-13 19:36
Yes and No

Well John that is true but KeePass will be going away shortly. The author has announced that the 2.0 branch will use the .net and the 1.0 wil stop updating in a while. So it would be good to have the other ready for when it's gone. I'll make a dev test of it just for fun. Also I've been playing with it and it does have more features that are kinda nice to have.

Release Team Member

Top
April 28, 2013 - 5:06pm
jkhanlar
Offline
Last seen: 9 years 11 months ago
Joined: 2013-04-28 16:56
I also would appreciate to

I also would appreciate to add a portable version of KeePassX to my flash drive.

I reinvestigated and reassessed whether or not I'd prefer to use KeePass or KeePassX in all of my environments (linux, win, etc.) and I concluded that I appreciate using KeePassX 0.4.3 over any version of KeePass. The functionality of KeePass compared to KeePassX is slightly different, and I find KeePassX to be more convenient in terms of ease of use.

Top
July 23, 2013 - 12:58pm
(Reply to #7)
e110
Offline
Last seen: 9 years 8 months ago
Joined: 2013-06-09 14:35
second this

second this

Top
July 23, 2013 - 1:13pm
(Reply to #8)
John T. Haller
John T. Haller's picture
Offline
Last seen: 1 hour 59 min ago
AdminDeveloperModeratorTranslator
Joined: 2005-11-28 22:21
Not Planned

We've discussed it before, but KeePassX's stable version is over 3 years old and basically abandoned. KeePass, on the other hand, is regularly updated.

KeePassX's alpha 2.0 release lacks major functionality and isn't worth using at the moment.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

Top
July 23, 2013 - 2:00pm
(Reply to #9)
e110
Offline
Last seen: 9 years 8 months ago
Joined: 2013-06-09 14:35
ok, good points. i think

ok, good points.

i think i'll try regular Keepass Portable on Windows as there doesn't seem to be much difference anyway and the database file works fine on both. i just wanted to make sure there was portable and cross-platform available in the same program because i don't want to have to migrate again like i had to with Roboform and Lastpass.

Thanks.

Top
April 30, 2013 - 8:39pm
ByteMyAscii
Offline
Last seen: 5 years 2 weeks ago
Joined: 2012-12-02 15:30
The .net runtimes are not

The .net runtimes are not portable, and therefore it cannot be assumed that they are present on a given host machine.
As a result there are not currently any official portable apps that require .net.
There are plans in the future perhaps, but those apps might not be immediately visible as options by default for that reason, as the user of them would really need to be aware of that limitation.

If at first you do not succeed, use more sticky tape.

Top
April 30, 2013 - 8:56pm
(Reply to #11)
John T. Haller
John T. Haller's picture
Offline
Last seen: 1 hour 59 min ago
AdminDeveloperModeratorTranslator
Joined: 2005-11-28 22:21
Qt

I think KeepassX is Qt-based, IIRC. KeePass.NET aka KeePass Pro is .NET-based.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

Top
Log in or register to post comments