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KeePass
KeePass is a free open source password manager. Passwords can be stored in an encrypted database, which can be unlocked with one master key.
Where it stands
3.3 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health3.2 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community4 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on KeePass yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work
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Should you use KeePass?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.
A good fit if…
- You want a free option. It states: “KeePass is a free, open source password manager. The page says: “KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you…”
Check first
- Its pages do not state: pricing, signup, watermark. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Password manager
Measured signals
3.2 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from KeePass's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 314 ms.
- Security2 / 50 of 5 protective headers set.
- Privacy4 / 51 third-party tracking service found: Google Ads.
- Transparency1 / 5No privacy policy linked; no pricing page linked.
Community feedback
4 / 5 · 25 commenters88% of the 25 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about KeePass; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“Keepass proper has a global Ctrl+Alt+A shortcut that automatically types in your username and password into the form: I've found it works fine on the majority of sites (almost everyone uses username-tab-password-enter,…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Not keepass, but you can self-host Bitwarden using `vaultwarden`, an open-source reimplementation of the server (the official server is also partially open source, but complex to install and run - this one is a simple…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I ended up ditching it in favor of KeePass mostly because if a site is hacked and your plaintext hash is compromised there isn't a clean way to generate a new password every time. *”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I always am in trouble when I have to dig through terrible KeePass "documentation" and never found a remark about it.”
Read in the thread
Threads: KeePass: OpenSource Password Manager (2014, 135 comments) · KeePass is the free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager (2022, 126 comments) · KeePass 2.37 has been released (2017, 45 comments) · Is KeePass safe? (2018, 3 comments)
- Free tier
- KeePass is a free, open source password manager. The page says: “KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way.”
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- Not stated.
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Passwords are stored in a database file locked with a master key. The page says: “You can store all your passwords in one database, which is locked with a master key. So you only have to remember one single master key to unlock the whole database.”
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Home. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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