I’ve been using Dropbox to sync my KeePass database for years, but I want to switch to Syncthing. My only concern is losing a password due to file versioning. Usually if I have KeePass open on both my phone and PC, there will be a conflict when saving to database, so Dropbox creates a conflicted copy. In some cases that means that I have to merge those databases but I don’t lose the password.

What file versioning option should I be using in Syncthing? Should I be worried about losing a password due to conflicted file?

  • Dem BosainEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I do this with 4 different devices and it just works. I wouldn’t leave the vault file open on any device I’m not actively using though.

    Keepass XC (Windows) has a setting “automatically reopen the database when modified externally”. If the file is open and Syncthing updates it from somewhere else, it should open the new file and prompt for the password again.