KeePassXC

Raised as a usability problem by 33 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2017–2026), in 28 threads.

People raised many different problems with KeePassXC, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 33 complaints

Browser extension fails on Flatpak browsers and syncing via Syncthing silently stalls unnoticed2026-10-10
Enabling quick unlock forces it to be used right after typing the password, with no option for inactivity-only use2026-07-27
Clicking steps in wrong order silently discards the TOTP secret already entered2026-06-25
Commenter finds the interface poorly designed, feeling like slightly better than Keepass22026-02-22
Works with some sites but not others, so passkeys are unreliable to use2025-09-02
Three similarly named projects confuse which KeePassX(C) is the correct one2025-08-07
Toggles remain in UI but features no longer work, confusing users after update2024-05-11
Without browser integration the password manager is effectively unusable for most people2024-05-11
Without autofill or auto-type, users must copy-paste usernames and passwords, which is cumbersome2024-05-10
Browser connection to Firefox regularly breaks, with subtle bugs and poor UX2024-01-19
Must hunt down the keyfile in the filesystem every time to log in2023-09-16
Saves fail sometimes or create files with different names, forcing manual hunting for the latest database2023-09-09
Typing passwords manually on the phone is frustrating2023-01-25
No quick mini-window to find and copy credentials; must open whole app2023-01-18
Can't find a way to pick a saved entry for a site2022-11-30
Extension repeatedly loses the desktop app connection, forcing reinstall and shortcut setup2022-09-28
No one-click way to fold the entry tree, so the shared database keeps expanding2022-08-25
Muscle-memory key locks the database instead of focusing the input, forcing re-entry of a long password2022-04-14
Took a while to figure out how the fingerprint unlock is enabled2022-03-22
Adding passwords on different devices before syncing creates divergent databases needing manual reconciliation2022-01-19
Browser extension often can't find desktop app, and copy password breaks, requiring reinstall2022-01-19
Terrible UI, and browser integration needs a janky connector2022-01-19
Sharing passwords and setting sharing permissions is not easy to do2021-08-08
Must re-fix auto-type sequence and delays whenever websites change or connections are slow2020-10-22
Ugly interface forcing many clicks to complete tasks2020-08-05
Snap install was slow, looked mismatched, and hid the running process2020-07-08
Keeping the database open and unlocked in background is bad UX for the user2018-03-26
Opening a KDBX4 database takes about 10 seconds, versus under a second in KeePassXC2018-02-28
Commenter says the interface is terrible and recommends alternatives2018-02-28
Hard for non-technical people to approach; spouse found it unusable after months2018-02-28
File browser won't show folders outside home directory, forcing symlink workarounds for network mounts2017-06-26
Unlocking is slow on Linux, with no progress feedback and a hidden error dialog2017-06-26
Having to switch to a terminal to log in to sites2017-01-24