KeePass is Copyright © 2003-2006 Dominik Reichl. KeePass is OSI Certified Open Source Software. OSI Certified is a certification mark of the Open Source Initiative.
For more information see the License page.
Introduction
Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows
network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage's ftp password, online
passwords (like CodeProject member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is
endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each
account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone gets this
password you have a problem... A serious problem. He would have access to your
e-mail account, homepage, etc. Unimaginable.
But who can remember all those passwords? Nobody, but KeePass can.
KeePass is a free, open-source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager
for Windows.
The program stores your passwords in a highly encrypted database.
This database consists of only one file, so it can be easily transferred from one computer
to another.
KeePass supports password groups, you can sort your passwords (for example into
Windows, Internet, My Homepage, etc.).
You can drag-n-drop passwords into other windows. The powerful auto-type
feature will type usernames and passwords for you into other windows.
The program can export the database to various formats (like TXT, HTML, XML, CSV, ...).
It can also import data from various other formats (Password Safe v2 TXT files,
CSV files, ...).
Of course, you can also print the password list or current list view (see groups).
Using the context menu of the password list you can quickly copy password or user name
to the Windows clipboard.
Searching in password database is possible.
KeePass can be translated into other languages very easily (over 20 languages are available already).
The program has a strong random password generator (you can define the possible
output characters).
The program features a plugin architecture. Other people can write plugins
for KeePass, extending its functionality: support for even more data import/export
formats, backup features, network features, etc. See the plugins page on
the KeePass homepage for downloadable plugins and an introduction on how
to write your own plugins.
And the best: it's free and you have full access to its source code!
KeePass is a Windows application. It has been developed using Microsoft Visual C++
with MFC classes. No .NET framework is required, nor any other special DLLs.
It should run on all Windows operating systems.
KeePass is distributed under the GPL license. See the file 'License.txt'
in the downloadable KeePass package for details.
