KeePassXC password manager released new 2.7.11 version today! See what’s new and how to install instruction for Ubuntu & Linux Mint.

The new release of this free open-source cross-platform password manager finally added the long requested feature: auto-generate a password for new entries.

By enabling the option in Settings -> General -> Basic Settings -> Entry Management, it will automatically generate a password when you adding a new entry.

However, it seems like the feature does not follow user password generation preferences, as it always create a 32 length password with only uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers in my test.

For those who use KeeShare feature to share specific group of passwords with separate and synchronized database file. The feature has been updated with ability to sync group structure.

To use KeeShare, simply go to Settings -> KeeShare and enable ‘Allow Import’ and ‘Allow Export’, then in group edit or create page, go to KeeShare -> Export to export the group to a separate database file.

Then, open another database, create a group and go to KeeShare page to import that separate database. After that, you have the group synchronized between the 2 databases.

Previously, KeeShare only sync the password entries, since v2.7.11, all the sub-groups are now synchronized. And, according to the pull request, it will perhaps sync root group icon if possible, and add option to disable group sync in future.

KeeShare now sync sub-groups

The release also improved the inline attachment viewer with ability to preview image, HTML, and Markdown, as well as text editing support along with preview.

Attachment now support image, HTML, and markdown preview, as well as text editing

It as well enhanced the search function. It by default provides real-time search suggestions as user type. Now, a new “Press Enter to search” option is added, in which case it won’t start searching function until you press Enter in search box.

And, it added has:totp support in search-box as well as “Searches and Tags” section, allowing to search only TOTP (Time-based One Time Password) entries. And, it should also support !has:totp to exclude TOTP, while the pull request page uses is:totp and !is:totp as the search queries.

Other changes include:

• Add database merge confirmation dialog
• Add {UUID} placeholder for use in references
• New keyboard shortcut to “Jump to Group” from search results.
• Add confirmation when closing database via ESC key
• Add support for escaping placeholder expressions
• Lock database after 900 seconds of inactivity.
• Allow to change double-click action for URL.
• More granular control over the Auto-Type confirmation popup.
• Add URL auto-type and copy options to auto-type selection popup and menus.

How to Install KeePassXC 2.7.11

The official release note, as well as the download links are available in its website via the link below:

For Ubuntu user, the official PPA has been updated with the native .deb packages for Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, 25.04 and 25.10 on amd64, arm64, armhf, and riscv64 platforms.

To add the PPA and install KeePassXC 2.7.11, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the commands below one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phoerious/keepassxc

sudo apt update

sudo apt install keepassxc

Optionally, you may run the commands below at anytime if need to remove the .deb package as well as the PPA:

sudo apt remove keepassxc

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:phoerious/keepassxc