KeePassXC 2.7.0 agrega soporte para Windows Hello, Touch ID, Apple Watch

KeePassXC has been updated to 2.7.0 Beta, which brings a lot of new features. In particular, the auto-typing and quick unlock experience has been improved.

What’s New in KeePassXC 2.7.0 Beta

Tags and groups

KeePassXC now supports the KDBX 4.1 database format. You can add labels to your logins to find them faster. for example, tag your email IDs with “mail”.

Click the labels in the sidebar to filter the view and see only matching results.

Groups can be cloned from the context menu and the Group menu.

New groups will inherit the settings from the parent group, although you can customize these settings.

Database backup, cloud save

Regular users may know that the password manager has an option to automatically save changes made to the database. It also creates a backup of the vault, which you can go back to in case something goes wrong. The latest version of KeePassXC allows you to choose the folder where the database backup is saved.

Users who have their vault saved to cloud storage services can now select to save database changes directly to the server or use a temporary file. These options can be toggled from the File Management section of the general settings.

Password Rating Column

A new column called Password Strength is available which, when enabled, will display a colored box to indicate the strength of the selected credential. You can hover over the box to see a tooltip showing the password score.

automatic type

The Perform Autowrite button on the toolbar has an arrow icon next to it, clicking which displays a dropdown menu. You can use it to set the hotkey for Auto-Type per account. Auto-Type now allows you to choose whether to enter only the username or password, instead of entering both fields.

The password manager can be configured to lock the database automatically, after Auto-Type has been used.

quick unlock

This is another feature I like in KeePass with the KeePassWinHello plugin. Provides a convenient way to unlock your vault using your device’s fingerprint scanner or your Windows PIN. KeePassXC 2.7.0 brings this feature natively (no plugin).

It will still ask you to enter the master password when you run the program, but for later unlocks, i.e. when your database is locked, you can use Touch ID, Apple Watch, or Windows Hello to quickly unlock your vault easily. This security feature is enabled by default and can be toggled from the Settings > Security > Convenience page.

Avoid screenshots

KeePassXC 2.7.0 introduces a new screen capture prevention option on Windows and macOS. Makes the program window transparent to prevent screenshots from getting the contents displayed on its interface.

There is no option to toggle this feature. So how did I capture the screenshots? You can disable this security feature using an argument. Create a desktop shortcut for KeePassXC.exe and open its Properties window. Add the following argument to the end of the Target field, –allow-screencapture. Hit OK and the program will let you capture screenshots of the interface.

Browser Integration

KeePassXC now supports Microsoft Edge on Linux. The extension has a new option that integrates it with the native password generator, when invoked it calls the desktop tool’s passphrase generator and sends the data to the plugin. It also has a new menu item for TOTP.

The plugin can be used to enable Auto-Type, manage group settings, search for entries by path or UUID. The extension will automatically download the favicon for the posts.

Download the latest version of KeePassXC for Windows, macOS, and Linux from the project website. GitHub page. For a full list of changes and fixes, see the release notes, which are available on the same page.

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