We must bear in mind that sometimes we speak of an enormous amount of these elements. Also, as we have mentioned on many occasions, the new passwords we use should be as robust as possible, and always different from each other. This makes it very difficult for us to memorize them all, and writing them down on paper is not the best solution. Hence precisely the importance of the aforementioned password managers that we install on our desktop computers or mobile devices.

Here we find both paid and free solutions, some more complete or functional than others. In this case we want to focus on a free manager that we can download and use whenever we need it. Specifically, it is about KeePass, one of the best-known alternatives for a long time in this protection sector . But we must also admit that while some users consider it to be one of the best, others prefer to keep it away.

The main reason for all this is given by its peculiar mode of operation and some of its characteristics. Precisely for all this, below we will talk about some of the main advantages and disadvantages of using KeePass when saving your passwords. At this point, the first thing we should know is that we have both an installable version and a portable version for Windows .

Reasons to use or reject KeePass on my PC

Without a doubt, one of the main attractions that this proposal presents us with respect to other competitors, is that we can use all its functions for free . Other password managers are paid or greatly limit their free version. In addition, many will surely value that we are dealing with open source software . This means that connoisseurs will be able to access it to check the reliability of the program , something that is not possible in other closed source proposals.

And it is that many users fear for the privacy and security of their contents in certain password managers. In addition, to all this, we can add the security provided by saving the database with the passwords locally . This prevents all of that content from being saved to a remote server.

But not everything was going to be positive points when talking about KeePass. While other proposals have a synchronization function between the PC version and the mobile version, this possibility does not exist here. In fact, if you are overwhelming, they do not offer us an official Android or iOS version. We can get unofficial clients that obviously do not have support for the synchronization of stored content . Also, as we said before, the database is stored locally, which does not help synchronization either.

To all this we can add that for many users the operation of this manager is not at all intuitive . This complicates its use on a day-to-day basis, especially for those new to these matters. In addition, its user interface needs a renovation , since its appearance has been somewhat outdated with respect to current times and current software.