Main PageWe are proud to announce the first beta release of version 2.0.
The most important changes are:
- Remember entry column sizes [#159]
- Add translations
- Support opening attachments directly
- Support cmd:// URLs [#244]
- Protect opened databases with a file lock [#18]
- Export to csv files [#57]
- Add optional tray icon [#153]
- Allow setting the default auto-type sequence for groups [#175]
- Make the kdbx parser more lenient
- Remove –password command line option [#285]
- Lots of bugfixes
Special thanks to all the contributers who reported bugs, translated KeePassX and submitted pull requests.
I hope to keep this release cycle much shorter than the previous ones. Only bugfixes and translation updates
will make it into 2.0 at this point.
The development of version 2.1 will start in the master branch while 2.0 will be maintained in it’s own branch.
As Qt 4 will be EOL soon KeePassX 2.1 will only support Qt 5.
Please test the new version and report any issues at https://www.keepassx.org/dev/.
Download:
- Source code
- Mac OS X bundle
- Windows binaries
- Full list of files includes GPG signatures (signed by 0x83135D45)
You can also checkout the latest source code from our git repository at https://github.com/keepassx/keepassx.
Beware: this is a beta release. While I believe the code base is already rather stable make sure to regularly backup your database.
Why on earth have you removed the -password command line option? It is one of the essential features in the original keepass2. How can I create a shortcut with a password predefined so I don’t have to write the password on every keepassx startup? The security concert is not relevant – people who don’t want others to find out their db password can encrypt the drive and without decrypting the drive no one can get to the shortcut with predefined password.
It’s explained in the bug report here: https://www.keepassx.org/dev/issues/285
tldr: it’s insecure. even if you use strncpy the password is kept in your bash history as plaintext.
Not if you put a space in before the command.
Though I wouldn’t recommend using a script with my passcode in it.
A bit more countenance, please..
Ok, I’ve read the security argument in the associated feature report. But still, keepass2 has the -pw command line option and so it should be given as a choice for the user. There’s nothing bad to let it to be up to the user and he would choice between usability or security.
Can someone explain how to install this on Ubuntu? I’ve read the install instructions but I cant get it to work. I’ve never used make and all that crap before.
Check out this Ubuntu PPA for that; https://launchpad.net/~keepassx/+archive/ubuntu/daily
Quick instructions:
1. Start a terminal
2. Run: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:keepassx/daily
3. Run: sudo apt-get update
4. Run: sudo apt-get install keepassx
You will now get the latest release of KeePassX with your regular system updates in Ubuntu.
This is not true. The version of KeepassX in the repositories is the 0.4 version. The beta is not in the repositories because Beta versions of applications normally are not. The only way to get this on Ubuntu is to compile it yourself using the make process.
Just follow the instructions in the “INSTALL” file once you download the source code. The hard part is getting all the programs installed correctly in Ubuntu that MAKE needs to run correctly. I had done this in the past and it was not straightforward. But once you get the programs installed, you won’t have to worry about doing it again unless you wipe out your operating system and reinstall it. I am sorry I don’t have the instructions on how to get all the MAKE programs installed because I don’t remember what I had done. Perhaps someone else could assist with this?
There is no edit feature. Sorry I have to correct my last post. Per’s instructions may be correct for getting the latest beta – adding that repository might let you install the pre-compiled beta version of KeepassX 2.0. I didn’t do that, however, I installed from source.
Sorry but I prefer that I had the ability to just delete my last post.
Great news. Thank you for your amazing work.
Nice! I would like to switch from Mono & KeePass to KeePassX but I need the -pw:xxx command line option!
Hi guys, thanks for the amazing and hard work, KeepassX is such a great tool. Good news the first beta has been released.
Use a key file if you want a predefined password.
That’s not the same thing! A key file can get corrupted, whereas a password is “stored” in your head and is not vulnerable to file system or hw failures. I really don’t get the -password option removal, no one’s forced to use it if one thinks it’s not worth the security problem. I can’t use KeePassX now because of that and so can’t switch to GNU/Linux and have to stay on Windows with KeePass2.
Can’t you just put your password in a plain text file and use that as the key file? If that file gets corrupted you can just make a new one with your password in it.
That would be a problem when using portable keepassx on a USB flash disk – I sync my db among my computer hd and a flash disk. When I’d lose my flash disk and someone would get a hold of it, he could find the keyfile and read the password. Whereas with the -password option I can just use the shortcut with it on my computer and when working on another PC I write the password upon keepass startup.
@Atronach:
a possible workaround —
in your bashrc, create some aliases:
alias setpw=”cat > /tmp/kpxkeyfile”
alias kpx=”keepassx –keyfile /tmp/keyfile; rm /tmp/kpxkeyfile”
then when you want to unlock your password db, type “setpw”, press enter, type your password, then press ctrl-D. then open keepass with “kpx”.
This avoids having your password in your bash history (stuff entered into cat’s stdin is not saved to .bash_history), and keeps your keefile off your flash drive. The ‘rm’ part deletes the keyfile after keypassx closes, so it doesn’t hang around (and in any case /tmp is usually either a tmpfs or else cleared on shutdown).
Thanks for all your work on KeepassX.
If I could make a feature request for 2.1, it would be for configurable columns, especially to have the Password column viewable and in plain text as an option.
Hello,
does AutoType on MAC OS/X work?
What is the Hotkey? It isn’t possible to change it.
Thanks for your efforts, exactly what I needed for my Mac, used to login into win8 via parallels prior this version :)(
Keep up the good work!!!
Thank you for all your efforts! Unfortunately, after entering the password for my .kdbx-file, I get the following error message:
The following error occured while opening the database:
Wrong Signature
But the very same password still works with the alpha 6 version.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Sounds like you are trying to open the database with KeePassX 0.4.
“Wrong Signature” is an error message we had in version 0.4 but not in 2.0.
Wow! That was stupid, even for me. You’re totally right – I somehow managed to get to old version from the Download page. Thanks a lot! The 2.0 beta works like charm for now.
Congrats and thanks to all who made this happen!
I’ve been using the Alpha for some time and haven’t encountered major issues.
Thanks also for the PPA.
+1 for a feature request “Configurable columns”. Would be much appreciated from a mouse oriented user. Thanks for your hard work and your free time!
Missing the Mark as modified on expanded state changes checkbox in General in the first beta vs the alpha 6
Is it going to be import/export compatible with keepass?
I still don’t know which to use, currently am on now KpX 0.4.3.
THanks for your work.
KeePassX 2 reads/writes the same format (.kdbx) as KeePass 2.
Additionally it can import .kdb databases (i.e. what KeePassX 0.4 and KeePass 1 uses).
Thanks Felix for the info. Will try the beta.
Can anyone make rpm package, please?
Thanks for your great job!
Unfortunately, i can’t open archives ‘directly’ with file-roller on my Ubuntu 15.04.
So i have a questions on same theme. What do you think about ‘directly edit’ attached files? Will you try to add this functional?
Symantec Endpoint gives trojan warning. I think its a false positive. But better you have check;
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2015-061218-1537-99&vid=4294922818
Thanks
Great work, looks good, using it on Linux and MacOSX. The only feature I think this could still really use is a countdown timer for when the clipboard is cleared. It would be particularly useful for new users.
Thanks for a great product.
You are doing awesome work here
Thanks for the great work! Especially happy to see the column width remembered (and a better default width)!
Thank you for this update. You don’t realise how many businesses actually rely on this free tool!
Great job! Thank you very much!
Has anyone built a package for fedora? I am not that good at compiling.
Hi,
Thanks for your work on keepassX.
One thing I was hoping for in v2 was something like “reveal in sidebar” so I can find the group of an entry and then easily look at all the other entries in that group.
I have quite a complex group hierarchy, personal, work, clients, sites, services … and often need to look at entries related to the one I’ve found via find.
In v2 it seems even harder than v1 to see where the current entry is within the group hierarchy.
Have I missed something?