KeePass 2.53.1 / KeePass 1.41 Classic

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KeePass is a free open source password manager, which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way. You can put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key file. So you only have to remember one single master password or select the key file to unlock the whole database.

The databases are encrypted using the best and most secure encryption algorithms. A password database consists of only one file that can be transferred from one computer to another easily.

KeePass supports the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, Rijndael) and the Twofish algorithm to encrypt its password databases.

Both of these ciphers are regarded as being very secure. AES e.g. became effective as a U.S. Federal government standard and is approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) for top secret information.

KeePass All Features:

KeePass uses the common CSV export format of various passwords safes like Password Keeper and Password Agent. Exports from these programs you can be easily import to your KeePass databases. The password list you can be export to various formats like TXT, HTML, XML and CSV.

The application has portable edition: you can carry it on an USB stick and runs on Windows systems without installation.

Strong Security

KeePass supports the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES, Rijndael) and the Twofish algorithm to encrypt its password databases. Both of these ciphers are regarded as being very secure. AES e.g. became effective as a U.S. Federal government standard and is approved by the National Security Agency (NSA) for top secret information.
The complete database is encrypted, not only the password fields. So, your user names, notes, etc. are encrypted, too.
SHA-256 is used to hash the master key components. SHA-256 is a 256-bit cryptographically secure one-way hash function. No attacks are known yet against SHA-256. The output is transformed using a key derivation function.
Protection against dictionary and guessing attacks: by transforming the master key component hash using a key derivation function (AES-KDF, Argon2, …), dictionary and guessing attacks can be made harder.
Process memory protection: your passwords are encrypted while KeePass is running, so even when the operating system dumps the KeePass process to disk, your passwords aren’t revealed.
[2.x] Protected in-memory streams: when loading the inner XML format, passwords are encrypted using a session key.
Security-enhanced password edit controls: KeePass is the first password manager that features security-enhanced password edit controls. None of the available password edit control spies work against these controls. The passwords entered in those controls aren’t even visible in the process memory of KeePass.
The master key dialog can be shown on a secure desktop, on which almost no keylogger works. Auto-Type can be protected against keyloggers, too.

Changes in KeePass 2.53.1 Professional:

When testing a KDF (‘Test’ button in the database settings dialog), KeePass now spawns a child process that performs the KDF computation (which allows to cancel the test more cleanly in the case of excessive parameters; security is unaffected, because dummy data is used for the test).
Removed the ‘Export – No Key Repeat’ application policy flag; KeePass now always asks for the current master key when trying to export data.
Minor other improvements.

Changes in KeePass 2.53 Professional:

New Features:

For each entry listed on the ‘History’ tab page of the entry dialog, the fields modified with respect to the previous entry are displayed.
Added ‘Compare’ button on the ‘History’ tab page of the entry dialog; when two (not necessarily consecutive) history entries are selected, clicking the button shows a detailed comparison (with values, etc.).
When editing an entry, the history entry list of the entry dialog now contains an entry called ‘Dialog (unsaved)’, which represents all data entered in the current dialog (other tab pages).
When editing an entry, the history entry list of the entry dialog now contains an entry called ‘Current (TIME)’, which is the entry that is currently stored in the database (without any changes made in the current dialog).
Added ‘History’ command in the ‘Find’ main menu; it lists all entry modifications (sorted by time).
Added filter box in most report dialogs (last modified entries, history, large entries, similar password clusters, password quality, history entry comparison, database file search, …).
Added ‘Print’ button in most report dialogs.
Added ‘Export’ button in most report dialogs; supported formats are CSV and HTML.
Added {EDGE} placeholder, which is replaced by the executable path of the new (Chromium-based) Microsoft Edge, if installed.
Added URL override suggestion for Microsoft Edge in private mode in the URL override suggestions drop-down list of the entry dialog.
Added optional built-in global URL overrides for opening HTTP/HTTPS URLs with Microsoft Edge in private mode.
When trying to rearrange entries while automatic sorting is activated, KeePass now asks whether to deactivate automatic sorting.
Added access keys in the tags button drop-down menu of the entry/group dialogs.
Added access keys in the ‘View’ → ‘Sort By’ menu.
Added access keys in the entry templates menu.
Added access keys in the ‘Perform Auto-Type’ menu (which is displayed if the ‘Show additional auto-type menu commands’ option is turned on).
Added {HMACOTP} and {TIMEOTP} in the ‘Perform Auto-Type’ menu.
Added keyboard shortcut Ctrl+T for the ‘Copy Time-Based OTP’ entry data command.
Added keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+T for the ‘Show Time-Based OTP’ entry data command.
Enhanced Password Depot XML import module to support the new format (added support for the new node names, group icons, recycle bin, tags, favorites, auto-type delay conversion, history, enhanced icon mapping, enhanced date/time parsing, …).
Added border for headings in HTML exports/printouts.
Added support for running KeePass in FIPS mode.

Improvements:

History entries listed on the ‘History’ tab page of the entry dialog are now sorted from newest to oldest.
The icons in the list on the ‘History’ tab page of the entry dialog now indicate the type of the entry.
History entry controls of the entry dialog are now disabled when creating a new entry.
The history entry ‘Restore’ button is now disabled when any change has been made in the current dialog.
The ‘Password modified’ time is now updated immediately when deleting a history entry.
Improved URL override suggestion for Microsoft Edge in the URL override suggestions drop-down list of the entry dialog (changed from ‘microsoft-edge:{URL}‘ to ‘cmd://{EDGE} "{URL}"‘).
Improved optional built-in global URL overrides for opening HTTP/HTTPS URLs with Microsoft Edge (changed from ‘microsoft-edge:{BASE}‘ to ‘cmd://{EDGE} "{BASE}"‘).
Reordered web browser URL overrides alphabetically.
Improved dynamic menu item access key assignment.
Improved item separation in the entry details view.
In most places, groups in a group path are now separated by right arrows instead of hyphens.
Improved last modification time comparison for plugin data dictionaries.
Unified generation of common HTML parts.
The ‘Copy Initial Password’ command in the ‘Tools’ menu of the entry dialog now requires the ‘Copy’ application policy flag.
Various UI text improvements.
Various code optimizations.
Minor other improvements.

Bugfixes:

The history entry ‘Restore’ button now always works as expected.

Changes in KeePass 1.41 Classic:

New Features:

Added {EDGE} placeholder, which is replaced by the executable path of the new (Chromium-based) Microsoft Edge, if installed.
The {FIREFOX} placeholder now supports detecting the Microsoft Store version of Firefox (in addition to the regular versions).
When trying to rearrange entries while automatic sorting is activated, KeePass now asks whether to deactivate automatic sorting.
Added border for headings in HTML exports/printouts.
Added horizontal entry separator lines in HTML exports/printouts.

Improvements:

Improved item separation in the entry details view.
When moving an entry fails, the last access time of the entry is not updated anymore.
Improved HTML generation for HTML exports/printouts.
Improved fonts used when printing or exporting to HTML.
HTML exports/printouts: improved encoding of white-space characters in passwords.
Reordered fields/columns in exports for improved consistency.
Upgraded to Boost libraries version 1.81.0.
Various code optimizations.
Minor other improvements.

Homepage – https://keepass.info

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11 (32-bit, 64-bit).