Anyone ever hear about KeePass?

[cousinlucky]

I do not run across articles promoting open-source software very often!
This is the first that I have ever heard of this and I am wondering if it
is just another way to hack into peoples computers!
Protect Passwords With KeePass by Bill Rounds

[TTIO]

I've heard of proprietary programs that do this before, so maybe not. Why not have a look at the source, if you can, and see what it's doing?

I don't see what's wrong with a simple wallet, to be honest. KWallet did the job just fine for me back when I used this sort of program.

[elija]

KeePassX An unofficial port of KeePass, scored 9/10 in Linux Formats recent round up of password managers, however, MyPasswords scored 10/10. I have never used either of these, but Linux Format is one of my trusted sources of information.

[hazel]

This is the first that I have ever heard of this and I am wondering if it is just another way to hack into peoples computers!

Unlikely as it's open source. There are too many people around who could identify that sort of thing from the source code.

I looked at the keepass home page. It's designed to run under Windows using .NET but you can run it under Linux if you install something called mono first. It uses very strong encryption so it's more than just a wallet.

Personally I don't bother with this sort of thing. I don't do banking or any kind of account management online and if anyone wants to hack into my various Linux accounts, they're unlikely to find anything they can use against me.

[sgosnell]

I've been using KeepassX for a good while, and I like it. It runs on multiple platforms, so I can keep my passwords on multiple computers, including my Android phone. I keep the database in my Dropbox folder, so I have the latest version synced everywhere all the time. There are a number of password safes available, and AFAIK they all work, but I prefer KeepassX. It's certainly not an attempt to hack into anyone's data, it's just a solution to a common problem. I have far too many passwords to remember all of them, plus other private data I need access to, and I want it encrypted. There are a number of ways to do that, and I've tried many of them, and this is what I prefer.