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1Password just raised its individual plan to $47.88/year. LastPass Premium: $36/year. Dashlane Premium: $59.88/year. Three apps. Same job. Storing strings of text inside an encrypted file. In March 2026, 1Password emailed every customer that prices were going up by $12/year. Reddit r/PasswordManagers turned into a graveyard of cancellation screenshots overnight. A German developer named Dominik Reichl saw this coming twenty-three years ago. In 2003 he wrote the first open-source password manager. He called it KeePass. He gave it away. Other developers ported it to Linux and Mac and called the port KeePassX. When KeePassX went dormant, a new community fork picked up the code in February 2016. They called it KeePassXC. → AES-256 encryption with Argon2 key derivation → Vault is a single .kdbx file you control → Auto-type, browser autofill for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi, Tor → TOTP and HOTP one-time codes built in → YubiKey and OnlyKey hardware token support → Passkey support → SSH agent integration for developers → Works on Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD → Sync via Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, Syncthing, USB stick, anything → No account required → No telemetry → No subscription, ever Here's the wildest part: The vault is just a file. If your sync provider got breached tomorrow, attackers would get an AES-256 encrypted blob. Your master password never leaves your device. KeePassXC was independently audited in January 2023 by security researcher Zaur Molotnikov. He recommended the use of its core functionality. The Electronic Frontier Foundation lists it in their official Surveillance Self-Defense guide. 26,921 stars. 1,768 forks. ~489 contributors. GPLv2. Built since February 2016. Last release in March. Last commit yesterday. A community of volunteers in 2016 vs. a multi-billion-dollar password subscription industry in 2026. Your passwords. Your file. No renewal email. 100% Open Source. (Link in the comments)






























