A significant release of the KeePassXC 2.7 open source cross-platform password manager has been published, providing a means to securely store not only ordinary passwords, but also one-time passwords (TOTP), SSH keys, and other information that the user considers confidential. Data can be stored both in local encrypted storage and in external cloud storages. The project code is written in C++ using the Qt library and is distributed under the GPLv2 and GPLv3 licenses. Ready builds are prepared for Linux (AppImage, Flatpak, Ubuntu PPA), Windows and macOS.
Key features:
- Creating and working with a database in KDBX format.
- Systematization of information with distribution into groups.
- Built-in search engine.
- Strong password generator.
- Auto-substitution of passwords in applications.
- Integration with Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Edge, Chromium, Vivaldi, Brave and Tor Browser web browsers.
- Support for importing the password database from CSV, 1Password and KeePass1 formats. Export to CSV and HTML formats.
- Analysis of the quality of saved passwords and generation of reports with statistics.
- Storage and generation of one-time passwords (TOTP).
- Attaching files and adding your own attributes.
- Support for YubiKey and OnlyKey.
- Ability to control from the command line (keepassxc-cli).
- Shared access to the KeeShare database.
- Integration with SSH Agent.
- FreeDesktop.org Secret Service support, for example to be used instead of GNOME keyring.
- Support for Twofish and ChaCha20 encryption algorithms.
In the new release:
- Support for the KDBX 4.1 format is provided.
- Provided the ability to bind tags and search by tags.
- Added quick unlock via FreeDesktop.org Secret Service (Linux), Windows Hello and macOS Touch ID. Including now you can quickly unlock the password list with a fingerprint scanner, similar to how it is done in KeePassDroid.
- Significantly redesigned tools for automatic password entry. Added accounting for different keyboard layouts when auto-typing.
- Provided highlighting of vulnerable passwords in the interface with a special label.
- Improved handling of attachments, including the ability to work with attachments through the CLI.
- The display of the history of operations has been redone, it is shown in which fields the change has been made and the possibility of canceling the operation has been provided.
- The encryption backend has been moved from libgcrypt to the Botan library.
- Added option to write directly to cloud storage and GVFS.
- Implemented screen capture protection on Windows and macOS.
- A new tab has been added to the interface in the database reports section, showing the data used in the browser add-on.
- Support for defining paths for saving backups.
- Added group cloning feature.
- Added support for interacting with hardware keys via NFC.
- Added support for Microsoft Edge on Linux platform.
Source: opennet.ru