Which Keepass version is a better choice for a power user, 1.x or 2.x?

Question

I want to start using Keepass as a way to keep track of multiple passwords and am looking at the differences between 1.x and 2.x.

My needs are basically these:

• need it to be compatible on many systems (linux, mac, windows xp/vista/7)
• can't imagine I'll ever need unicode
• the group options look interesting on 2.x but not sure I need them
• I would also like to share certain passwords with others but not all passwords, and understand that the solution here is to make multiple databases anyway

So I probably will go with 1.x from what I understand just to be sure I can use it everywhere, which is what I understand the advantage to be. Or are there advantages to 2.x that I don't see on this list?

Based on your experience, which version is best to use for my scenario?

Answer 1

1.x doesn't fulfill your first requirement: "need it to be compatible on many systems (linux, mac, windows xp/vista/7)". 1.x is Windows-only. 2.x, on the other hand, runs under .NET and Mono, so works on Windows, Linux, Mac -- anything that Mono works on.

2.x is the one that can work almost everywhere, not 1.x. Based on your post, 2.x is the only version that meets your needs.