# Another step towards repurposing my Obsidian vault 2025-03-19 **I have been testing the idea below for the past two months, and so far, everything is working wonderfully well.** I had to check the information before writing this post, but it's been 16 years since I started using password managers. If you are not already using one, please share your secret with me. Given the huge number of passwords we have to deal with these days, they have become indispensable software. However, like many other apps, what was once a one-time fee became a subscription. I don't have any problem with paying, especially considering how they make our online presence safer while keeping passwords easy to manage. My issue is with losing control. Compared to a paper notebook kept in a drawer, it's a much better solution, but our passwords are now sitting on a mysterious server somewhere in the world. ![[vladcampos.com/Static/Toolbox/Obsidian/Obsidian posts|Obsidian posts]] So, after testing the concept of a "[[vladcampos.com/Timeline/Blog/2025/2025-02-17 • The Digital Caveman project|digital cave]]" with many other items, I decided it was time to do the same with my passwords. But to accomplish that, I would need to find an app that keeps all the passwords in a single file, which I could then move to my vault in Obsidian. It would also need to have clients for all the existing platforms. And finally, it would be preferable if it were Open Source. KeePass checks all the boxes above, and as you can see in the video below, I created the database inside in my Timeline and copied about 20 passwords to test the idea.  I've been playing with this configuration for a couple of months and since I've encountered no problems, I'm now looking for a way to import the remaining passwords. If you'd like to try it too, watch the video. And if you know any other software that would also check all the boxes, please let me know. ![[vladcampos.com/Timeline/Blog/Posts|Posts]]