For KeePass users on Windows
Keystone is a fast, modern client for the .kdbx file you already have. Same format, zero migration, nothing to convert — just a better way to use it every day.
Free while in early access. One email when it ships — no spam, no account, no cloud.
Real comments from KeePass users, 2025–2026
“…they feel a bit dated to use, like KeePassXC.” — Hacker News, Aug 2026
“How's support for credit card form entries? That's the one thing that makes me miss 1Password as a current keepass user.” — Hacker News, Jul 2026
“People break their phones less often compared to telling them keep their keepass database in sync across devices.” — Hacker News, Jul 2026
The database format is fine. Twenty years of it. It's the Windows experience that's stuck in 2007.
Point Keystone at your .kdbx — master password and key file, exactly as KeePass uses them. Nothing is converted, exported, or uploaded.
Search-as-you-type with keyboard-only flow, copy with the clipboard auto-clearing in seconds, unlock with Windows Hello, dark mode, English & 中文.
Your file stays standard KDBX. KeePass, KeePassXC, Strongbox and KeePassium keep opening it — today and if you ever uninstall Keystone. Zero lock-in is the design, not a promise.
| With Keystone | |
|---|---|
| Your database file | Standard .kdbx — unchanged, portable, yours |
| Interoperability | Opens in KeePass / KeePassXC / mobile clients — forever |
| Search & daily flow | Instant as-you-type search, full keyboard control |
| Clipboard | Auto-clears in seconds, excluded from Win+V history |
| Unlock | Windows Hello fingerprint — opt-in, master password always works |
| Accounts & cloud | None. There is no server to breach. |
You don't have to trust us with your data — there is no “us” in the loop. The core is open source (MIT), there are no accounts and no servers, and your vault stays in the KDBX format the KeePass ecosystem has battle-tested for 20 years. Trust the format and the code, not marketing.
Your file is standard KDBX. You open it in KeePass, KeePassXC, Strongbox or KeePassium and continue where you left off. A client that can't lock you in also can't strand you.
No. It's an independent client speaking the same file format — closer to what Strongbox and KeePassium do on Apple platforms, but for Windows.
Windows first (10/11). The core is cross-platform Rust, so macOS and Linux are possible later — mobile clients already exist for KDBX, and Keystone won't break them.
The client is open source and free. If paid extras ever exist, they'll never gate your vault, your format, or your ability to leave.
Early access opens soon — first builds to the list.