[Feature Request] Printing

[atypicalprogrammer]

I was surprised to see that printing out a password list is not possible. Is this something being considered for a future release?

[phoerious]

We don't have any plans, but if you want to work on it, feel free to send a pull request.

[Udo017]

I wish a command to print out the password list too.

[TheZ3ro]

Someone said: "Why do you use an Encrypted password manager in a first place if you need to print out your passwords on paper?"

[magkopian]

@TheZ3ro Well, to be fair paper cannot be hacked without physical access.

[TheZ3ro]

@magkopian I don't think it's really safe printing all the passwords in your password manager

[Udo017]

The printed password list is a (second) backup for the case that my Computer crashed and the first backup is inaccessibly for different reasons (perhaps a virus on the backup media). I use the password manager because it is easier and faster to copy an paste (or auto fill) complex password then type it from a sheet of paper.

[magkopian]

@TheZ3ro I agree and personally I wouldn't do it, but I would understand if someone wanted to keep a printed emergency backup of their passwords inside a safe deposit box at a bank. But even in that case, yeah, keeping all the passwords seems unnecessary to me. Especially since you should be able to easily reset many of them anyway, as long as you have access to your email account.

[TheZ3ro]

@magkopian and what happen if I need to change my passwords? I have to re-print all of them and store them again at a bank? Seems too crazy to me

[magkopian]

@TheZ3ro Yes, that basically relates to the second part of my response. I do agree, that keeping all of your password in a printed format shouldn't be a good idea in any way.

[louib]

@atypicalprogrammer @Udo017 what about exporting to csv and then printing? would that not be sufficient for a paper backup? I guess we could add a CLI command for exporting to csv (or other formats) anyway.

[TheZ3ro]

You can already export as CSV, if you want you can print that

[magkopian]

To add on that, you can even open the CSV file in LibreOffice format the data a bit and print it from there. There is really no point for such a feature in my opinion.

[droidmonkey]

I agree and dont think this is necessary to add
Printing is notoriously annoying especially multi platform.

[wolframroesler]

The requirement for "paper backup" is definitely there. I have stuff beyond online passwords in my keepass file that I want to remain accessible even under catastrophic circumstances (laptop stolen, power outage, master key forgotten, me dead, etc.) I understand that many people won't use it, maybe even because they distrust their printer drivers; it won't be a feature for everyone, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be a feature for anyone.

Anyone, I've started a prototype implementation because I need it for myself. Since actual printing is difficult, I export the password database into an HTML and use the browser for printing. I'm aware of the security risks, having to trust the browser, printer driver, and printer, but I'm OK with that. The details are in #3277; If you like, you can have at my code here: https://github.com/wolframroesler/keepassxc/tree/feature/htmlexport