You can set up your own MySQL instance with an encrypted database where you keep all passwords and joined information. Using any programming language you can either set up an app with a GUI yourself where you query your passwords or use queries directly in MySQL. I understand when you ask now for what all that hassle, but at least you have a bit more control of your data and there is not a potential company behind or a code fragment which may inform the company about any actions. BTW, you may learn some coding, so it can be fun too.
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https://keepassxc.org/ is the only password manager I trust. It's fully offline and you can "host" your database wherever you want.
I'm not sure if european, but I love the combo keepass+nextcloud (self hosted)
keepassxc is based in germany, as it seems.
Here's a guide for it: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/18/installing-keepassxc-and-yubikey/
it's not that complicated.
If you are talking about online services, Proton is a Swiss option and for what it's worth, Bitwarden offers an EU instance. Both are freemium OSS. You could also self-host Bitwarden. If you are looking for offline options, there are plenty. KeePass2 comes to mind.
Thanks. I'm looking something which can be used on android + windows. I was using Proton apps from years and I don't like them anymore; there's little I can do as free user. I'm testing KeePassDX, don't know is it good.
I use the regular KeePass 2 and love it. It looks a bit oldfashioned but is a very powerful tool once you get used to it a bit. As there are plenty of addons you can also easily extend the standard feature set with further options.
I always liked KeeWeb as an alternative front end for KeePass.
i use KeepassDX. its amazing and simple and I absolutely adore it.
its going to be my password manager of choice going forward. i was able to set up my fingerprint unlocking as well. very convenient.
highly recommend it.
Hi. I'm testing keepassdx. I found something odd. Autofill seems doesn't work because I need to search desired data in password base. Do you experienced something similiar?
i just set it up with the fill settings in the app. hit the 3 lines, then settings, form filling, and then select default auto fill.
you will have to enable it in phone settings to allow it to do so. but then you should be good to go.
keepassxc for GUI for CLI/TUI I like gopass but you have many many options, just search
Keepassxc. I'm a little skeptical to hosted solutions
Don't know about the EU, but this is the only one you'll ever need.
What if you don't hate yourself?
If you don't use pass, you should probably hate yourself.
Have you tried running that on your Android?
Why would you carry around your secure password vault in your pocket? #thatsjustdumb
Because it's encrypted and still secure, and it turns out I need my passwords on my pocket computer as much as I need my passwords on my desktop.
I tried it for some months but eventually switched to keepassXC
I know that Bitwarden is headquartered in California, but they do have Bitwarden.eu, which I would think is operating inside the EU?
Even better, self-host Vaultwarden !
- Works everywhere (android, iOS, linux, windows, macOS...)
- TOTP
- Works without connection and if the instance is offline.
- Add notes, customize URI...
- password/username/passphrase generator
- ...
A lot more to it :)
I think a lot of people are concerned about situations like this: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27191500
Bitwarden doesn't have access to your data. This isn't an issue. This is just jingoism because the best way to fight an absurd nationalist asshole is more nationalism
agreed, if I didn't trust the encryption, I would not use it. I am fine with bitwarden hosting my encrypted passwords, the store is accessible locally on each device, and I can self host with vaultwarden if bitwarden pull the free service. The features in bitwarden are good and sufficient, less awkward than alternatives I have tried.
As someone posted above, someone obtaining access to your encrypted data might lead to an issue in the future:
If someone is going through that trouble the same is true of your communication. Someone could record comms from you to bitwarden, watch as the app does it's database sync, and record it for later decryption. But the same is true of your KeePass unless you only sync by hand on a private network.
I'm quite confused in those keepass names. They aren't from one ecosystem?
In essence keepass is an open database format and a bunch of different software tools have been written to interact with it. You can quite happily share the same keepass database between different software, e.g. synced between desktop and mobile
There are multiple apps from various devs that all use the Keepass file format, so they are all compatible.
keepassxc is for desktop and keepassdx is for android and ios(?)
there is also keepass 2 but that has some vulnerabilities, as i understand
Keepassdx is sadly not on ios.
The only good one I've found is called strongbox. Free version works fine, but the pro version prices are insanity for something that is free everywhere else. I could get behind a lifetime buy of $10, but for $99 hell no. (Monthly sub is $3 or $25/year).
Looking at the app store now, most of the keepass apps have some form of in app purchace.
Only truly free one is call keepass touch, but frankly when I tired it, it sucked.
Keepassdx is sadly not on ios.
The only good one I’ve found is called strongbox.
what about keepassium? I've used strongbox's free version and really liked it - only face ID support is missing from the free version. Keepassium has face ID support, but only for one keepass database.
Now, I use Keepassium for my main password database and strongbox for all others. The master pw for the other databases is stored in the iOS local password store which of course supports face ID. So for me strongbox works with face ID, but with an extra step.
Thats a nice work around lol.
I haven't tried keepassium. My main device is an android, so the IOS search was brief and focused on ones that didn't say "in-app purchases".
The tldr is if you're on windows, use keepass base. It has every feature anyone would want and plugins for the rest. It's basically perfect.
If you're not on windows, keepass xc is great, but Id think of it as like keepass' most used features, but less customizable and less absurdly complete.
Android has several the one I use is from fdroid and it's offline-only. Several out there have sync systems, but I use syncthing.
https://heylogin.app/pair Found this one and it is very simple to use and sync between pc and android. German made.
Not open source afaik
If you ever want to self host ... psono is always an option, but it has a hairy setup.
I think Clipperz is. Somebody please correct me if I’m wrong.
Interesting. Thanks for sharing.