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KeepassXC plus some file sync tool works great for me across multiple devices (Android, Linux, Windows)

I wouldn't recommend it for casual users as there are definitely things that are less polished about the way it works, but for power-users it is great. The SSH key integration is really good.

Is it though?

I keep my locked file mirrored in Google Drive and have an Android app to pull passwords. I really don't see how a casual user would find Keepass harder to use than LastPass.

I don't understand how Keepass is not more popular other than marketing. If you have a file with all your passwords for everything you really want to keep a local copy that won't expire. The current status quo seems like a disaster waiting to happen on the day LastPass closes down.

Sadly the simple act of choosing where to save a file, understanding where that is, and remembering that, is more than many people feel they should need to do. Signing in with an email address and guessing their own password (typically one of the three passwords they share across all of their online services) is the norm.

The way the browser integration works means it just sometimes doesn't pick up that the app is open.

There is a ton of little polish stuff like that which makes it way harder to use for people with little tech experience, and I've had normal people struggle with more streamlined experiences like BitWarden.

iOS?

Last I checked, there were some third party iOS apps but the Bitwarden iOS app was far superior.

I have found KeePassium to be an excellent iOS KeePass client.

Strongbox is good on both iOS and macOS...

KyPass has been excellent for me for the last several years.

KeePass only officially works on Windows. All non-Windows versions are unofficial versions. See [1] for a list.

[1] https://keepass.info/download.html

There's also KeePassX and KeePassXC which have been working fine on Linux for years.

- https://keepassxc.org/

Not to mention mobile clients even on Sailfish OS.

1Password is by far the best on iOS, and it works on Mac, PC, Linux, and Android as well.

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