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Enpass Password Manager 5.2 Released With Time-Based One-Time Passwords (TOTP) Support

| Date: April 25, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: enpass, linux, password manager, ubuntu, windows

Enpass 5.2 for Linux and Windows was released today, bringing support for "Time-based One-time Password Algorithm" (TOTP), along with other improvements.


Manage Passwords From The Command Line With `Pass`

| Date: March 10, 2016 | View Comments | Tags: cli, linux, password manager, ubuntu

`pass` is a simple, flexible command line password manager that follows the Unix philosophy. The application saves each password in an encrypted GPG file and allows organizing them in various folder hierarchies.

pass command line password manager

Enpass Password Manager 5.0 RC Released With Browser Extensions For Auto-Filling Login Credentials

| Date: September 10, 2015 | View Comments | Tags: enpass, linux, macosx, mobile, password manager, ubuntu, windows

Enpass 5.0 RC was released recently (64bit only for Linux), bringing one of the most requested features: browser extensions for both Firefox and Chrome on Linux and Windows (and for Safari on Mac), which allows auto-filling your username/password and other sensitive information directly from the web browser.

Enpass 5.0 Linux

For those not familiar with Enpass, this is a proprietary cross-platform password manager which uses SQLCipher under the hood, an open source extension to SQLite that provides transparent 256-bit AES encryption of database files.

The app comes with many useful features, including built-in (encrypted) backup/sync to Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box and ownCloud/WebDAV and is available for Linux, Windows and Mac as well as iOS, Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry. The desktop apps are free to use with no limitations while the mobile apps offer in-app purchases (Android, iOS) or cost 9.99$ (Windows Phone).

Enpass Password Manager Gets ownCloud/WebDAV Sync Support, Debian / Ubuntu Repository

| Date: May 20, 2015 | View Comments | Tags: enpass, linux, mobile, password manager, ubuntu

Enpass for Linux was updated today with ownCloud/WebDAV sync support, improved search functionality and more. There's also a new Debian/Ubuntu repository for easily installing and updating Enpass.

Enpass Password Manager

Enpass Password Manager Available For Linux

| Date: February 19, 2015 | View Comments | Tags: enpass, linux, mobile, password manager, ubuntu

Enpass is a multi-platform password manager which received a massive update recently and with it, the application is now available for Linux (64bit only for now).

Enpass Linux

KeePass 2 AppIndicator And AppMenu Extensions For Ubuntu [Updated]

| Date: May 28, 2013 | View Comments | Tags: appindicator, keepass, password manager, ubuntu

KeePass 2 is an open source password manager available for Windows and Linux (Mono).

You can no longer use the KeePass2 tray icon starting with Ubuntu 13.04 because the old systray whitelist has been removed from Unity, but you can now get AppIndicator support for KeePass2 thanks to an extension created by David Lechner:

Keepass 2 Ubuntu AppIndicator

In the same PPA, there's also an Unity appmenu (global menu) plugin, for an even better desktop integration:


How To Import LastPass Passwords Into KeePassX

| Date: September 14, 2010 | View Comments | Tags: keepass, lastpass, linux, password manager, python, scripts, ubuntu

WebUpd8 reader Kice sent us a really cool tip (and complete how-to) on importing the LastPass passwords into KeePassX. He writes:

I use KeepassX, but started using LastPass under the impression that I could easily export to KeepassX. Well that is not the case. I came across this thread http://forums.lastpass.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1409 the 2nd post from someone on the LastPass team had some discouraging words. Nazariuskappertaal posted a brilliant python script. I can't be the only one looking for a solution like this, so I decided to send it your way.

How To Run KeePass Password Safe In Ubuntu

| Date: September 13, 2010 | View Comments | Tags: keepass, mono, password manager, ubuntu

KeePass Linux

KeePass Password Safe is an open-source password management utility. There is a KeePass version for Linux: KeePassX. But KeePassX has fewer features and it's development is slower.

If you don't mind using mono, you can use KeePass instead of KeePassX under Linux. Here is how to do it.

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