8 of the best Linux password managers

8 of the best Linux password managers are recommended to securely store your login information.

·Fiagaro ' s Password Manager
· Gpass
· Gpassword Manager
· Gringotts
· KeePassX
· Mypasswords
· Passwordsafe
· Revelation

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In addition to remembering the login information for the Fedora 13 virtual machine, do you remember the account and password on the Angelfire site you abandoned in 1999? We were all on it.

This is the useless information that Sherlock Holmes called a padded attic. We are not able to clean things up from our attic, but we can trust some important information, such as passwords--dedicated password manager, can remember, protect and service these passwords when we need them.

Opponents think that you can't trust all your passwords in one place. Different password managers rely on different cryptographic algorithms to ensure that your passwords remain secure, and in our selection, you will find many different algorithms. However, most of these tools also rely on the master password. Forget the master password, you cannot retrieve it stored in any password.

Because of the basic premise of the password manager, only a few are actively developing tools. However, the nature of open source projects, the stability of these tools ensures that they are on our list.

Why don't you use Password Manager instead of fooling around with stupid text files for manual encryption. There is only one rule: Make sure your master password is very secure, but more importantly, make sure you never forget something.

How do we test ...

We want tools that can easily work more than one distribution, making it easy to import and export data. Because trusting the password manager for such private information, the security measures they use earn extra points.


Although there is a Firefox extension that you can use to store passwords for websites, we are interested in tools that can store any username/password combination, regardless of what combination unlocks it.


We also want tools that provide search functionality so that you can quickly find any password. Many of the tools are still in beta, so this is not a standard in our list. If it is stable and can do all the promises, we are happy.

KeePassX

One of the oldest and most popular tools

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Despite the popular Linux tool naming conventions, the KeePass K does not reflect its dependency on KDE. This tool is an unofficial Windows Password Manager tool KeePass port.

A standard feature of the software repository for most distributions, the only requirement for KEEPASSX is the QT library. When you start it for the first time, the first step is to create a master password.

With some of the other tools in our list, it is also possible to use the encryption key file. You can also use the master password and the key file to add another layer of security to your login credentials.


First, click File > New database and provide a master password. You can also create a key file. All login credentials are stored on a disk in an encrypted file.


Twofish KEEPASSX provides AES and encryption to better protect your password. By default, it allows you to add entries to two groups in the database-e-mail and the Internet. You can use the login information of the website, forum board, wiki, news website and other internet groups and store the password of the email account using the email group.

With better control, you can even create new groups or groups using the Menu toolbar. The right-click context menu for each entry in a group allows you to copy the user name and password to the Clipboard in addition to providing a URL that opens in a browser window.

However, the password copied to the Clipboard is an obvious security risk and any program can read the Clipboard to access this password. You can search for entries in the database using the search bar in the upper right corner of the KEEPASSX interface.

General comments
KeePassX
Version: 0.4.3
Website: www.keepassx.org
Price: Free under the GPL
Very safe. Can I use multiple databases and export and import data?

Rating: 9/10

Gpass

This old horse can still fight? But will you care?

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While no longer actively developing, Gpass is still a favorite netizen for fans. It stores the password encrypted files in the/.gpass directory, which is protected with a master password.

Only with one encrypted file, you cannot create a different database. All login credentials must be stored in a single file. Another drawback is that it does not give you the option to search the login credentials file. Single Sign-on voucher libraries can be cumbersome over time and expand, and entries are sorted alphabetically, and the inability to search the list can be troublesome.

Gpass The password library file that relies on the Blowfish encryption algorithm is unreadable. Add a new entry to the list, click the Add button, and fill in the information in the Property Editor window. You can use the Type drop-down list in the Select or folder.

Because it cannot use different files, you can create folders to easily manage your passwords; For example, a folder for each wiki, forum, blog, etc. Each folder can have more than one entry.

Another useful feature is the password generator. In the Property Editor window, next to the Password field generation button. You can use it to create a random password.

Sensitive information such as login information for your bank account should not be trusted by the password manager regardless of its security feature set. With many easy-to-use tools still active, there is no justification for using gpass in either of them.

General comments
Gpass
Version: 0.5.1
Website: http://projects.netlab.jp/gpass
Price: Free under the GPL
Easy to install and use. But no database, no search or import

Rating: 4/10

Gpassword Manager

The interface of genius. Can I use some colors for better tooltips?

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The Gpassword Manager provides almost all the features you expect from a password manager. Although not available as a software repository, a simple bash script installer makes it ideal for computer users of all levels.

Unzip Tarball, terminal Run command sudo. Installation Bashthis will install the program, and then you can start it from the terminal with the command Gpasswordman or ALT + F2 run the Application dialog box.
When adding an entry, you can define your favorites and then you can access it by right-clicking the system tray icon. This feature is unique to this tool and it is powerful and useful.

Gpasswordman uses encryption + + encryption, which can be run on Windows or Mac. So you can easily use the same database to store user account information for all your machines.

With many other tools in our list, it does not provide the option to import or export encrypted files. So, when you want to use the file in a different instance of Gpassword Manager, click File > Open and select File.

To create a new entry, click File > New > Secret. Edit the Secret dialog box, you fill in all the information, lack the appropriate tooltip. While the tools and provide useful hints for each of the many buttons, many people are not very specific. Type the name of the label field for the site and use the + button to add the username, password, url and other fields. You can fill in this information.

Click the button to mark the entry as favorite so that you can access it from the system tray icon.

General comments
Gpassword Manager
Version: 2.4.0
Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpasswordman/

Price: Free in Apache license
It's great to access your system tray Favorites

Rating: 9/10

Revelation

Hey, it has a strong language!

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Any tool that says "you drive, I think there's something wrong with me from the" Help > About "dialog box should be as many lists as possible. But rational thoughts prevailed, and therefore only in the list of fellow countrymen.

Revelation is another password manager for GNOME, which is not actively developed. Unlike most other tools, it does not require you to provide a master password as a first step.

Add a new entry to the database, click the button on the toolbar to add the entry and fill in the details. Use the Type drop-down list to select what information is stored. The change in the account data field depends on your choice.

After adding an entry, click the Save button on the main toolbar. Revelation will require you to enter the name of the database file and specify where you want to store it. Only after you have done that you will be asked to provide a master password.

As time goes on, the list of stored vouchers will grow, which is when you will be very thankful that you can store different types of information.

To find an entry, click on the View > Search Toolbar and enter the full name in the search bar. You can restrict any type of search, such as websites or e-mails, using any type of drop-down. It searches only through the name field of each entry, and you must provide an exact name or the search will appear empty.

Revelations are lost points, which are matched with many other tools that provide a partial match. It allows you to import files from many different tools, such as gpass or password security, and you can export these even plain XML.

General comments
Revelation

Version: 0.4.11
Website: http://oss.codepoet.no/revelation/wiki/Home

Price: Free under the GPL
An improved search function will make it a champion contender

Rating: 8/10

Gringotts

A secure text management tool that can also be used to store passwords.

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Having a huge feature set, including choosing to choose from 8 different types of encryption algorithms to protect your data, makes Gringotts the most comprehensive item in our list. Yet the feature set is a curse, and this is a blessing.

Because most users will only want to use a tool to store passwords, their crowded interface may seem a bit tedious. If you are looking for a simple tool to store login credentials, which may not be right for you, its goal is to become a repository of all the important data-not just passwords.

The site does not provide any documentation, the project has not been more than a year of the new version, it is still stable enough for normal use.

When you run Gringotts for the first time, click Edit > Preferences and select the type of encryption you want to use. The Preferences window is made up of three tabs, and you should browse each definition for its behavior.


First, click File > New. You will be asked to define a password. You can choose to enter a string, or use a file on disk. Gringotts requires that you first create a new document and then add the item to the document. Because it is the Notes manager, you can effectively create a document for each of your medical scans, prescriptions, credit card statements, and so on.

When you add an entry to a document, it enables you to attach a file. Therefore, you can effectively create a monthly statement for your credit card and attach all the different bank statements in the document to a different project document. It then encrypts and stores the data. Because of the complex encryption, can effectively put a text file login credentials Gringotts and feel secure.


General comments
Gringotts

Version: 1.2.10
Website: http://gringotts.berlios.de
Price: Free under the GPL
If you only want to manage passwords, there are handy tools.

Rating: 4/10

Mypasswords

Very beautiful, we like it.

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The best part of this tool is that it doesn't need to be installed and it's super fast. You will not find my password in your release version of the software repository, so on the project website, get 3.6 mb zip file.


It's easy to run on Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Apple. Once uncompressed, you only need to double-click to run. The SH script starts the project. You can run the script from the terminal or.
It relies on the Derby database and the AES encryption algorithm to create your login credentials secure repository. The interface is very simple and straightforward. You are asked to fill in the login information website when you run the program.


The fields for all the tools are the same, except that it provides the genius tag option. You can add tags to each entry you add to the database, and you can provide multiple comma-delimited labels for each entry. To add another entry, click the New button in the lower right corner window and enter the details for the new account. Each entry is saved to the database when you press save.


When looking for an entry, click on the Search button on the toolbar and you can use the title or search for any tag entries you provide. You do not need to provide the exact title, and the partial match applies equally.


For a list of all the entries in the database, click Search without specifying a title or label. After each subsequent run it adds a new entry to the same database that you can easily export to an XML file if you like. The lack of a master password means that anyone can start the tool and read your password, so be careful.

General comments

Mypasswords

Version: 1.00
Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mypasswords7/

Price: Free at LGPL
This year registration and release, this is the tool to use.

Rating: 10/10

Passwordsafe

Be careful not to confuse the command line Pwsafe

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This tool was in beta and crashed several times in our tests. You should carefully back up the database file is safe and reliable. Thankfully, it offers a variety of backup options to make this task easier.


You will find Passwordsafe Ubuntu 10.04 software repository, but do not confuse pwsafe with only the Password Manager command line.


Even more confusing is that once installed, Passwordsafe Pwsafe also responds to commands. Launch, Pwsafe enter ALT + F2 Run Application dialog box.


When you run it for the first time, you will need to create a new database. You will also need to specify a password, called the security combination Passwordsafe saying. The security combination is that you will use the master password to unlock the database.


We are now ready to populate the database with new entries. First, click the button on the toolbar to add a new entry or click Edit > Add entry. The Edit Entry dialog box consists of four tabs. You enter the details of the entry, Basic tab.


Passwordsafe allows you to create different groups, such as blogs, forums, Wikipedia, and so on. You can then assign the entries to these groups. You can define a set of password generators in the past with the number of tags, such as characters, or a combination of lowercase or uppercase letters and numbers.


Another point is its hyper-advanced search function. Press CTRL + F, and then you can use the main window at the bottom of the search bar to find items in the database. If the basic search does not fit your needs, click the Advanced Find option button on the search bar, and then you can search for different areas within.


Judgment
Passwordsafe
Version: 0.1-1
Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/passwordsafe/

Price: Free Art License
Fix some bugs and this tool has all the qualities of a champion competitor

Rating: 7/10

Fiagaro ' s Password Manager 2

Another well-thought-out tool. We are really spoilt for choice now.

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After installation is complete, you can launch this program from terminal or ALT + F2 Run Application Dialog command FPM2. The first step is to specify the master password. We are now ready to populate the database with various entries.


FPM2 uses aes-256 to encrypt secure database files--stored in/. FPM/Table of contents. Add a new entry and click the New button on the toolbar.


Like Passwordsafe FPM2 also allows you to create entries in different databases of a category. Lists all entries in the database in the main FPM2 window. You can use the < > All Categories drop-down list to view the entries if you like any one of the lists. The


Password generator is almost identical in most tools, but avoiding ambiguous character options FPM2 's password generator is unique and useful. It ensures that characters 1 and L (1th and lowercase L), for example, are often confused with reading and distinguishing, not used for generated passwords. The


Search feature provides the Search-as-you-type function, which near-immediate your query results. also supports partial matching, which means that when looking for registration entries, you can still enter the entries that are registered and FPM2 will help to locate and display. The


FPM2 can also be used as an application initiator. Just enter the name of the application URL/parameter field and select one from SSH, network, or generic command to start the drop-down list. When you now DoubleClick the Entry window in FPM2, the program will start.


Comments
Fiagaro ' s Password manager2 

Version: 0.77
Website: http://als.regnet.cz/fpm2
Price: Free under the GPL
The launcher's setup application can be easily defined.


Rating: 8/10

Conclusion: my password

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Tell me you don't see the future. The winner will have your tool assign tags to each entry, without any installation and support for local search. The only tool selection, offers two qualities-no installation and no labeling.

A perfect score may make us seem partially or bored or our thoughts, but you will agree with our opinion to make my password after you turn around. But it's not a simple fight and we're pleasantly surprised to have such close competition for intense competition.

This is unexpected, especially some tools haven't seen any developers like it for a long time. Other podium terminators, KEEPASSX and Gpasswordmanager manage a 9/10. With only a small job, both of which can overturn my password, it's even though we suspect that it will be a VI vs. Emacs-like debate and an unclean victory for either party.

Most Web sites now require users to fill in security questions and passwords that can be used to recover secret text strings if you forget your. However, the options provided in our list for all tools also add this information to the login credentials.

Some tools, such as KEEPASSX, allow you to add notes for each add entry, although this can be used to store security issues and other related information, such as two email addresses perhaps dedicated fields to store this information, will be appreciated.

Gringotts gets such a low rating because it is not an easy-to-use tool in the list. In fact, it is not a password manager, so putting it on this list may be unfair. This is a magical program that when you use it to store files--this is created.

While these tools allow you to search within categories, Passwordsafe's Advanced search options allow you to select any number of fields, such as name, URL, or description search. This is another tool that should also be provided.

While partial matching and search-as-you-type are a handy feature, it's not very convenient when you have dozens of or even hundreds of entries in the database. In fact it does not provide source files, so you can manually install in other distributions is shocking.

But my password, our championship and a perfect score, is not without fault. Absolutely no documentation is a feature of almost any tool that is common. Some of them do not even provide a complete set of features.

A gadget tip for each button mouse is useful, but should not be the degree of any type of software document-not just the password manager.

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8 of the best Linux password managers