When comparing Keywhiz vs KeePassX, the Slant community recommends KeePassX for most people. In the question“What are the best tools for managing secrets (tokens, keys, passwords)?” KeePassX is ranked 2nd while Keywhiz is ranked 9th.
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Pros
Pro Versioning support
Keywhiz supports versioning secrets through its admin UI or CLI utilities.
Pro Free and open source
Pro Multi-platform
Run on Windows, Linux, Mac OS and Android.
Cons
Con Still in alpha stage
Keywhiz is still in a very early stage of its development and may not be ready for production yet since it's prone to changes and may have some security issues.
Con Discontinued
KeePassX has been discontinued in 2017. KeePassXC is an open-source fork of KeepassX that is still actively developed.
Con No plugins / does not autofill login information
For example, the Keyorm plugin for the official Keepass client has the ability to open a website, and autofill username & passphrase info. This is an important and expected feature for a password manager, which is not available in KeePassX