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Best free password managers in 2024
Here are some good options to consider if you are looking to try a password manager, but don't want to pay a premium right away.
It's 2024, and almost everyone should use a password manager. It's the best thing you can do to protect your online accounts — along with enabling two-factor authentication, of course. Using a password manager is better than forgetting a password and spending time resetting it or creating a simple password and using the same for all your accounts. The best password managers out there can generate and store complex passwords for all your online accounts and even save you the hassle by automatically entering those passwords in all the online forms. It's a no-brainer to use one and secure all your passwords, especially if you have a bunch of online accounts.
Keepass2Android Beta Updated with AutoFill Framework Support in Android Oreo
Keepass2Android, an open-source port of the Keepass password manager, received a beta update with support for Android Oreo's AutoFill Framework.
There are many popular password managers on Android, but only a few stand out. LastPass is one of them, but it's closed-source -- you can't see the code for yourself. For folks bothered by that prospect, one of the best alternatives is Keepass2Android, a port of Keepass for desktop. It lets users store and access their passwords from a cloud storage service, and features fingerprint database unlocking.
KeyboardSwap Plugin for Keepass2Android Automatically Switches Keyboards without Root
The new KeyboardSwap Plugin for Keepass2Android lets you automatically switch the keyboard/input method without needing root access.
Password managers on Android have long been neglected by Google, but that's going to change with Android O. Android O's Autofill Framework will drastically improve user/password data entry and will also eliminate the need for performance-costly Accessibility Services, but unfortunately it'll be quite some time before most devices will ever receive Android O. For those of us who will be waiting months for Android O to be available for our devices, the standard password manager features will have to suffice. A personal favorite among the XDA-Developers team is Keepass2Android which is an Android port of the popular open-source Keepass password manager. Keepass2Android allows you to access your password database from the cloud storage of your choosing, and it also features fingerprint database unlocking and/or quick database access through a shorthand of the full password. But one nifty feature has been locked for many years to be used only by rooted users: automatically switching keyboards/input methods. A new Keepass2Android plugin called KeyboardSwap aims to fix that.
Host Your Own Cross-Platform Password Manager With KeePass [XDA Spotlight]
In this XDA Spotlight, we dive into KeePass, a cross-platform, open-source, and totally free password manager app with strong encryption features.
If you're signed up for a bunch of different online websites and services, then you likely juggle a ton of different passwords for many different places. It’s commonly known that having the same password for multiple accounts is significantly less secure than choosing a different password for each account. Unfortunately, with this variety and increased security comes the burden of memory. This is precisely why password manager applications have grown in popularity over the years. Currently, there are many cross-platform, cloud-based password-storing solutions, however, few can boast the security of a personally hosted password database, and an open source base, as KeePass can. And it's totally free.