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I use keepass2 at work on a PC/windows and KeepassXC on my home computers (Mac and Linux). The only thing that make me still liking Keepass2 more is its compatibility with plugins. I can't wait for keepassXC to support them.

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Why do you want plugins? KeePassXC provides most of what KeePass needs plugins for out of the box in usually much better and more stable and tested quality. KeePassXC will never support plugins the way KeePass does and for good reason. Most plugins are unmaintained and some are outright dangerous to use. Your passwords are too precious to let unverified thirdparty plugins handle them.

If you need external functionality that is not available in KeePassXC, you can try to bolt it on via the KeePassXC-Browser API or open a feature request (or even better: pull request) to get it into the core application.

I clarified that on our website, since that topic comes up again and again: https://keepassxc.org/docs/#faq-general-plugins

I need to integrate 3rd party custom OTP. In KeePass2 this can be done with plugins or even easier with {CMD} placeholder. KPXC supports neither :(

Never, ever mix Keepass2 and KeepassXC. KeepassXC does not support the sync protocol from keepass2 that allows multiple people/devices to use the same keepass database. We only found out after losing 200+ passwords.

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