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  • Keepass has native support for ftp, http, https, and webdav, and with a plugin supports scp, sftp, and ftps through the native save/open from url. There are even plugins for proton drive, google drive, onedrive, s3, box, dropbox… etc.

    Important distinction: The OG KeePass desktop program supports that. KeePass XC (popular fork for Linux users, which includes OP) does not, and the maintainers have loudly rejected any attempts to add it.

    It’s the only reason I still run the OG KeePass on my work laptop; webdav is the only way I can access my password database within the restrictions of my employer’s policies. I would prefer to run XC.


  • So I’d there a server + local system? Like Joplin… You can write notes all day with no server at all. The server just Synchronizes it all. In the past I used syncthing and I will continue using it. One thought was to have an automated backup from Vaultgarden that was automatically synced to my various devices as a Keypass database.

    This is exactly how I use KeePass, and is fully supported as well. Set it up, import the VW database (might need some fuckery to do so, I’ve not played with VW), place the KeePass database in a location that makes sense to you on your device, then sync that folder via Syncthing to your other devices.

    You’re using Linux, obviously, and the OG KeePass program was never written for Linux, so you’ll want a fork called KeePass XC. Unfortunately, the XC team doesn’t support plugins, but that should be a non-issue if you’re using Syncthing. Just point XC at the folder that’s being synced and you’re golden.

    What other platforms are you using? Android? iOS? Windows? There are many forks of KeePass available for every platform. they are all cross-compatible and can utilize the same database.

    I was lucky that somehow the database was available offline.

    That’s how BW/VW is supposed to work. It retains a local database that syncs with the main server.