Main PageWe’re proud to announce the first stable release of the KeePassX 2 series after several years of development.
KeePassX 2.0 is using the new .kdbx (same as KeePass 2) database format.
You can import your .kdb database from 0.4 from the Database > Import KeePass 1 database.
This is a one-way process though. You can’t migrate back to the .kdb format.
New features include:
- Multiple attachments per entry
- Add custom key/value pairs to entries
- Open multiple database in one window
KeePassX 2.0 has been rewritten from scratch so some features (like showing expired passwords) are still missing.
The important changes compared to beta 2 are:
- Improve UI of the search edit.
- Clear clipboard when locking databases. [#342]
- Enable Ctrl+M shortcut to minimize the window on all platforms. [#329]
- Show a better message when trying to open an old database format. [#338]
- Fix global auto-type behavior with some window managers.
- Show global auto-type window on the active desktop. [#359]
- Disable systray on OS X. [#326]
- Restore main window when clicking on the OS X docker icon. [#326]
You can fetch the new release from the downloads page.
Thank you for your effort. This will improve my security because Keepass 2 is the only reason for me to have Mono installed. Any Windows compatibility is always a risk because of Windows malware.
I’d like to second Russell’s suggestion to restore the preview pane. I’m still getting used to the new changes and the new controls, but the preview pane is the one thing I’d really like to see restored.
Please add support for Apple Keychain, so when we enter our password, it actually sticks.
That *is* what the checkbox to the left of the password field is for, no? I’ll take my answer offline. 🙂
Hi, I love this 2.0 so far, thank you so much for all your work. KeepassX is definitely my favorite soft since I use it !
Just a little thing : that would be great if the tray icon changed when the DB is locked, like it was doing in the 0.4.
Have a good day !
Hmm. Seems there are some regressions. First, you can no longer turn the usernames into asterisks to hide them as you could in the previous release. Also, you can’t add/remove columns in the pane.
This might come from KeePass proper, but it seems we’re forced into a global namespace root, which I’ve never used. So now I must have a single “MyDatabase” master group, rather than many:
.
└── MyDatabase
  ├── Group 0
  ├── Group 1
  ├── Group 2
  ├── Group 3
│  ├── Group 3/0
│  └── Group 3/1
  ├── Backup
  └── Recycle Bin
The other UI oddity, is using the full UI for setting changes, new entries, edits, etc. rather than a simple overlay that just occupies only the space necessary.
I’m sure these sorts of things are getting worked on, but I’m not interested in creating a SF account to submit the bug, so I’m reporting here.
Thanks!
I fully agree with Aaron regarding the ability to show user names as asterisks, but I think it is even more important to bring back the option to add/remove columns.
This feature not only serves the same purpose of the asterisks (since you can simply remove the “Username” column), but also lets you sort the list with different criteria. Regarding the latter, I found it extremely useful to have the list sorted by the “Last access” column (which was available in v0.4.4 but has been removed from this version).
I hope that this function be reintroduced in the next releases.
Thanks!!
P.S.: Despite the minimum requirements, I also tried v2.0 on an old Windows XP machine and it works flawlessly.
Thank you very much for your efforts! The app is great! I use it everyday and been waiting for the 2.0 version!
Hi,
thank you for great work you have done.
It is essential soft for me, and v2.0 makes me very happy.
Wish you the best!
Will you the Ubuntu PPA be updated any time soon?
https://launchpad.net/~eugenesan/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+packages?field.name_filter=keepassx
I’ve checked this package in eugenesan’s ppa and I see strange dependencies like libmicrohttpd10 liboath0 libqjson0. I suggest to download from http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/amd64/keepassx/download where those dependencies are not needed.
I would be great to see this link/package in download page.
GetDeb repo has the latest package (http://www.getdeb.net/app/KeePassX). To use the repo, http://www.getdeb.net/updates/Ubuntu/15.10#how_to_install
Thank you very much for this app.
Excellent version.
I’ve tried both keepass and keepassx on windows 7 last year(around May-July) and settled on Keepass. Later going to debian, I’ve chosen keepassx 0.43.
Later I’ve used the v2 beta version since August or September I think, however many custom icons I’ve imported from 0.43 were displayed broken.
The version also fixes it all and everything looks great again.
How about a big DOWNLOAD 2.0 button? I know we’re nerds but would help a lot of lay people figure this out faster.
I can’t switch from kdb to kdbx format because I share my database using dropbox and open it from other devices, such as keepassdroid on android. At the moment this prevents me from using keepassx 2.
Would it be possible to add full kdb support to keepassx 2.0, in addition to its current import facility?
That’s not going to happen.
KeePassDroid supports .kdbx just fine though.
The new UI looks clean and nice; but the lack of a preview pane is really painful; it was very useful being able to glance at notes before with just 1 click, as it now takes 3 clicks to do the same thing (double click entry, then click cancel to go back)
Good job! Thank you for releasing the new version. I’ve just got it when updated Debian and found it’s compatible with KeePass2, awesome!
However I agree with some other comments that it would be nice if some old features were restored. I particularly miss the preview pane, this was sooooo useful.
Looking forward to basic features coming back because so far it’s a lot of regression.
– focus in search field upon application start
– double clicking on username/password copy to clipboard instead of editing entry
– preview panel showing other info from the selected entry
– customizable columns
Is there an official PPA for ubuntu 16.04 for more up-to-date versions with “new” features?
Nice that it is using the .kdbx format, but a few fundamental features are missing:
– preview panel showing details of the selected entry
– customisable columns
Hi, thanks for this great app!
We (the users on Linux) badly need 2 command-line options:
–minimized (to start the app minimized, placing the icon in the indicators according to the config option)
–to-front (bring the main window to front, to bind it to some key combination)
Additionally, it’ll be great to make that the indicators icon display the main window on single click (or double-click, configurable), as now, after minimizing the window, one should click on the icon in the indicators, select toggle window and then click on the icon in the launcher to un-minimize it. 3 clicks in different parts of the screen just to bring the main window on top.
Thanks!
I agree .. the preview panel is missing so much here !
specially when this “feature” is still available on the 2.x windows version
Please give our preview panel back !! We love it !!