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KeeWeb

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Cross-platform password manager compatible with the KeePass database format

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KeePass-compatible password manager frozen mid-patch-run since 2021.

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◆Current state
KeeWeb is a browser and desktop client for KeePass KDBX files, and this release history captures one week in May 2021 plus a final release that July. The work is almost entirely reactive: browser extension connection failures, KDBX3 files with large attachments or compression disabled, macOS tray and quit behavior, old Chromium compatibility. The last release added Microsoft Teams storage and a OneDrive tenant override, and every release note ends with a donation appeal.
◆Where it's heading
The pattern in this window is a v1.18.x line under stress — six patch releases in ten weeks, most fixing the browser-extension integration and cloud storage backends rather than the core credential handling. Cloud storage was the direction it was still moving in: OneDrive tenant control and Teams storage were the last additions. Nothing has shipped since July 2021.
◆Prediction
These entries give no indication of resumed development; anyone relying on KeeWeb should assume the browser extension and cloud storage integrations are unmaintained against the services they connect to.

◆Recent moves

  1. 5y ago

    Microsoft Teams storage, OneDrive tenant override, KeePassXC-Browser auto-install disabled

    The final release in this feed, and the only one adding capability: Teams as a storage backend and the ability to override the tenant for OneDrive, which matters for anyone on a non-default Microsoft 365 tenant. Disabling automatic KeePassXC-Browser extension installation walks back a decision that had been installing software users did not ask for.

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  2. 5y ago

    Fixes for uncompressed KDBX3 saving and macOS minimize-on-close

    Three fixes covering KDBX3 saves with compression disabled, extension connections when the browser cannot be identified, and macOS minimize-on-close. Continues the extension-integration cleanup running through this whole patch series.

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  3. 5y ago

    Old Chromium support and crash on large KDBX3 attachments

    Fixes a crash opening KDBX3 files with large attachments and restores support for older Chromium builds such as Android Edge. Both are compatibility patches rather than changes to how KeeWeb works.

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  4. 5y ago

    Auto-type title filter toggle and tray restore fixes

    Adds an option to disable the auto-type title filter by default and fixes tray restore, custom icon selection, old macOS extension connections, and a hang during update. Small corrections across the desktop shell.

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  5. 5y ago

    OTP filling in browser extensions and a startup config load error

    Fixes OTP filling through browser extensions, auto-type filters unchecking themselves when nothing matched, and a possible config loading error at startup. Same-day follow-up to the previous patch.

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  6. 5y ago

    Fix opening files with saved keyfiles

    A single-line release fixing files that fail to open when a keyfile is saved. The kind of regression that warrants shipping immediately, which the same-day successor release suggests it did not fully resolve.

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