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> Are there any "I wish I knew this beforehand" type of tips?

Read my comment on the top of the comments. The top features are browser integration, auto-type and integration with Touch ID/fingerprint reader.

> how would people compare this to something such as 1Password?

KeePassXC auto-type is a lot more powerful. It can be configured in several ways and works with a lot more windows: SSH sessions in terminals, os windows in programs, etc.

OTOH, 1Password is automatically "clouded". With KeePassXC you need to place the encrypted database in a cloud (OneDrive, Google Drive, Apple Drive).

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The other benefit of manually syncing KeePassXC is that you can require it to use a key file in addition to pass phrase. Then you sync the database using another service but not the key file (copy that to each client locally). I'd your cloud provider is compromised they are missing not only your passphrase for brute forcing (good luck) but also the key file.

I sync the (strongly) encrypted database throughout my devices with Syncthing and it works flawlessly. I have an old laptop with syncthing running always on to avoid sync conflicts.

Interesting, thank you.

Syncthing looks a lot like a "make your own cloud" solution.

I use OwnCloud in a RaspberryPi, instead. But as Moxie Marlinspike famously said: "People don’t want to run their own servers, and never will". (https://moxie.org/2022/01/07/web3-first-impressions.html)

You don't have to "make your own cloud" to use Syncthing : you can just set your phone and your laptop as sharing, and never have to handle a server at any time.

Of course it's not magical : for them to be in sync, you'll then have to have both turned on with Syncthing running at the same time.

But if you have something lying around, like an old laptop, it's trivial to have it running, and maintenance is super low, just keep update it from time to time : I have Syncthing running on a low cost server for multiple years, syncing pictures + documents, and the only issue I ever had was disk space running out once.

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