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Keepass; open source, can store the file wherever you wish, isn't liable to be acquired by a private entity since you can just build your own copy.

Use open source software wherever possible, it's just better that way.

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Does it work to sync between Linux dev machine and iOS phone?

The (IMO fantastic) Android app can pull your password file directly from Google Drive and other cloud providers. I'd assume the iOS app does the same.

Keepass2Android is the name and it supports WebDav (so easy integration with for example Nextcloud)

I share my KeePass file using a Dropbox like service. I use Keepass2Android as I run android. Works really well. I run KeepassXC on Linux and Mac.

No syncing built in, it just works on a file and you can use whatever service you want to sync that file. Most of the dropbox-style services will work (although on mobile sandboxing can sometimes be an issue).

On Linux keepassxc is great, with strong browser integration and even has a good extension for integration with ssh-agent.

I don't use iOS myself, but a quick search shows Strongbox as a decent client. On Android I use Keepass DX which is very good by the sync support isn't there. Keepass2Android is better on that front, but has a much worse UI and no support for the new biometric auth process, only the old fingerprint-specific one.

I use KeePass kdbx file synced in my Linux computer and Android smartphone through Google Drive. For that I use Keepass2Android in my phone.

I just searched and there are also iOS applications that also provide easy cloud sync, one of such is KeePassium[1].

[1] https://keepassium.com/

I'd like to add that if you end up syncing the password database through a service like Google Drive then you should use a password and keyfile on the password database. Share the keyfile in a (more) secure way with your device and don't put it anywhere like Google Drive etc. This way even if somebody captures your password database and somehow gets your password they still can't open the password database because it requires the keyfile.

It's not a full service. It's an application.

It doesn't have any sync built in. It's just a way to save, open, and edit encrypted password files. You have to figure out a way to sync it yourself. There might be other tools that help you with that though.

Although I'm unsure which OSes are officially supported by the application.

>Although I'm unsure which OSes are officially supported by the application.

only windows/linux (mono). There are alternative clients though. see: https://keepass.info/download.html, under the "Contributed/Unofficial KeePass Ports" section.

Only with some manual intervention, which isn't really all that bad. You basically keep your keepass file on a cloud share. What sucks is when you forget to sync and you go on vacation or something. :)

I’ve got keepass set up so that any change to the kdbx file automatically triggers a second save to my Dropbox sync folder. That way any changes on my PC auto-push out, and I can always get them from my phone.

The downside is that my phone doesn’t easily sync back to my PC, but it’s vanishingly rare that I create a new account (and so kdbx update) on my phone these days.

KeePass + Syncthing fulfills all my needs and all without needing to use something like Dropbox or Google Drive for the syncing. You're still free to do so if you want to keep backups, but I manage those separately using a third tool (Duplicati)

I switched from LastPass to Pass to KeepassXC about a year ago and it's the only one that hasn't given me problems cross-platform and it's also open source.

I use MacOS, Windows, Linux and iOS and it works perfectly between them.

On Window, Linux and MacOS I use KeepassXC with their browser extension on Firefox. On iOS I use Strongbox. I sync my password file using Nextcloud (self-hosted).

Syncing is pretty easy if you're using Nextcloud or Dropbox :) Tried Syncthing but I didn't like the idea of having to have a PC on all the time to make sure it synced.

> KeePass Password Safe is a free and open-source password manager primarily for Windows

> LogMeIn, Inc. is a provider of software as a service and cloud-based remote connectivity services for collaboration, IT management and customer engagement

Totally separate products?

LogMeIn owns and runs LastPass.

LogMeIn owns LastPass, a password manager

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