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KeePassXC

Description

Awesome GUI Password Manager.

Install

apt

Install using apt:
```
sudo apt install keepassxc
```

AppImage

Download the AppImage, GPG Key, and SHA Digest: https://keepassxc.org/download/

Import KeePassXC’s gpg signing key:

gpg --fetch-keys https://keepassxc.org/keepassxc_master_signing_key.asc

GPG Verify the signature file:
```
gpg --verify KeePassXC-*.sig
```

Verify integrity of the AppImage:

sha256sum -c KeePassXC-*.AppImage.DIGEST

Move the AppImage to somewhere in your $PATH:

mv ~/Downloads/KeePassXC-*.AppImage ~/.local/bin/keepassxc

Make the AppImage executable:
```
chmod u+x ~/.local/bin/keepassxc
```

Create a .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=KeePassXC
GenericName=Community Password Manager
Exec="keepassxc" %U
Icon=appimagekit-keepassxc
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Qt;Utility;
MimeType=application/x-keepass2;
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.22

Script it!

Here’s a script I wrote to install/update the AppImage:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

latest="https://api.github.com/repos/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/releases/latest"

# Import keepassxc's gpg key
if ! gpg --list-keys 0xCFB4C2166397D0D2; then
  gpg --fetch-keys https://keepassxc.org/keepassxc_master_signing_key.asc
fi

printf '\n%b\n\n' "\e[1;34mDownloading the files.\e[0m"

# Download the files
curl -s "$latest" | awk -F': ' '/browser_download_url/ && /\.AppImage/ && !/zsync/ {gsub(/"/, "", $(NF)); system("curl -LO " $(NF))}'

# Verify and install the appimage
printf '\n%b\n\n' "\e[1;34mVerifying the files.\e[0m"
if shasum -c KeePassXC-*.AppImage.DIGEST; then
  if gpg --verify KeePassXC*.AppImage.sig KeePassXC*.AppImage; then
    mv -f KeePassXC*.AppImage ~/.local/bin/keepassxc && \
    chmod +x ~/.local/bin/keepassxc && \
    pkill -f keepassxc && \
    gtk-launch keepassxc.desktop && \
    rm -f KeePassXC*.AppImage*
  else
    printf '\n%b\n' "\e[1;31m[ERROR] Problem with signature!\e[0m"
  fi
else
  printf '\n%b\n' "\e[1;31m[ERROR] Problem with checksum!\e[0m"
fi

keepassxc-cli

There’s a small difference in using the ‘‘keepassxc-cli’’ depending on the method used to install. Note the hyphen - usage.

Installed using the apt instructions above:
```
keepassxc-cli help
```
Installed using the AppImage instructions above:
```
keepassxc cli help
```