This tutorial will deal with the port over version of KeePass 2. If you don’t wish to install a bunch of mono libraries in your computer, you can try out KeePassX instead, which is only compatible with KeePass 1.x database format. However, it makes use of mono libraries which many people will frown upon. In Linux, there is a port over of the KeePass 2 which you can install. NET framework which is difficult to setup in other OS. KeePass is mainly for Windows and it makes use of the. While functionally solid, the core program lacks many of the features we’ve come to expect from modern password.

Isn’t KeePass available for Windows only? KeePass is a free, open-source password manager that’s been around for 20 years. That means, if their servers are down or hacked into, your data are gone. While you can achieve the same functionality using LastPass, you have to know that LastPass stores all your confidential data on their cloud servers.

it saves you the effort to switch to and forth between the browser and the password manager. The advantage of integrating KeePass to your browser is that you can get it to auto-fill your login form everytime you visit a website. Is there a similar better,easier,faster way to do credential entry with Codebook? Btw, I prefer key combination compared to mouse click to avoid RSI but it would be nice to have that option.Īlso I can’t find a codebook extension for Chrome or Firefox while Keypass and 1Password has extensions making it much easier to save credentials and enter them.Advantages of integrating KeePass to browser

Also with 1Password I can right click in login field and easily select the credential for the site and login with a single click. In Keepass and 1Password it is a single keyboard shortcut with domain matching and I am logged in. With Codebook I have to enter the key combination/keyboard shortcut to bring up the Secret Agent, then search for the entry (ie Amazon) then Tab to select user name, then copy, go back to the browser and paste and then again repeat the steps to enter the password and then finally click/tap enter to log in to the site.

In Keepass a key combination will enter the user id and password and log on to the site. One of the features of KeePass is the ability to import passwords from other sources, including the autofill feature in the Google Chrome web browser. Secret Agent is good for credentials entry but it takes lot more steps compared to Keepass or 1Password. I have been trying out different password managers to use and Codebook is one of them.

Keepass browser integration