KeePassXC Vicinae Extension

Status: The basic idea works, but still very experimental.

An extension for Vicinae that allows you to access your KeePassXC vault from anywhere, any time.

This extension also re-implements Auto-Type on top of ydotool, allowing you to execute auto-type of any entry into the currently-focused window. Yes, even on Wayland!

There is already a KeePassXC extension for Raycast, but it will not run in Vicinae on Linux without modifications, and it does not provide auto-type functionality anyway, which is the most valuable feature that an extension on Linux could provide in my opinion.

Prerequisites

• Linux-only
• KeePassXC must be installed.
• You must have ydotool installed, ydotoold must be running, and the current user must have permission to the ydotool socket. The easiest way to accomplish this is to run ydotool as a user service instead of as root, and adding yourself to the input group.
• You must have secret-tool installed. Until Vicinae moves to an encrypted preferences storage (see vicinaehq/vicinae#758), this extension will store your password in your Secret Service keyring instead to ensure it is remembered securely.
• Your KDBX database file must be readable from a file system path.

FAQ

• Why is this not a fork/patch for the Raycast KeePassXC extension?
  • It seems unlikely to me that the features I want to implement would be accepted upstream, and I prefer to implement this in a way that meets my own needs exactly anyway.
• Why not use the Clipboard API for pasting passwords into the current window?
  • Not all applications support this, and some applications & websites block clipboard interaction into their login forms. A virtual keyboard is the only reliable way to support auto-fill of credentials into any application.
• Will you add feature XYZ?
  • Maybe. Open a GitHub issue and we'll talk!

License

This project's source code and documentation is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.