Since we want to generate a passphrase, click the Passphrase tab.

While it still may be helpful to some, KeePassXC has changed quite a bit in the last three years, both in functionality and aesthetics (almost universally for the better).

Since this guide may be out-of-date, Id recommend their new, official Getting Started Guide.

As the project owners (of which I am not) put it: It is a community fork of KeePassX, a native cross-platform port of KeePass Password Safe, with the goal to extend and improve it with new features and bug fixes.

Keepass Sierra Code Is Public

KeePassXC is open-source, which means its code is public and thus open to inspection by all.

This guide is for OS X macOS users (hereto referred to as macOS), though KeePassXC is built to work with Linux and Windows as well, and this guide may be helpful for those users too.

If you spot any errors or have any suggestions for this post, feel free to contact me via Twitter or elsewhere.

Id also like to note that I drew some inspiration and methodology from Martin Sheltons KeePass for Beginners post, which you may also find useful.

Ill also note that KeePassXC has a quickstart guide on their site, as well as a wiki, and the Electronic Freedom Foundation has there own guide to KeePassXC.

In other words, by default it is a local or offline password manager, while 1Password, LastPass, and their ilk can be thought of as cloud-based password managers.

However, know that there is no company behind the product to offer formal support, as you might be used to with other products.

Keepass Sierra Download The Latest

If were using macOS, well go to the macOS tab and click the link labeled Binary bundle for macOS 10.12 and later to download the latest macOS release of KeePassXC to our computer.

This guarantees that the file you just downloaded was originally created by the KeePassXC Team and that its contents havent been tampered with on the way to your hard drive.

Scroll down to the Appendix at the bottom of this post for instructions of how to verify your KeePassXC download without using the command line.

Before we go any further, lets talk a bit about how KeePassXC works.

It may be helpful to think of it like Microsoft Excel: You use Excel to create and edit files on your computer.

Similarly, KeePassXC enables us create and edit files on our computer that are databases of usernames and passwords.

To access them, you first open the database using KeePassXC (just as you would open a spreadsheet with Excel), at which point you must enter the master key, which is usually a long master password, in order to access the database.

I highly recommend leaving the defaults settings as they are.

Do not choose a decryption time under 1.0 seconds.

I dont recommend even going into Advanced Settings (at this point).

In our case, for now, this will just be a password or passphrase.

For this reason I recommend using as passphrase of about six random words.

Some examples pushiness earthly snowsuit overcast agile unlinked or stadium bazooka pastime battery survey scorpion (do not choose these exact ones because, lol, theyre on the internet now).

Keepass For Mac Sierra