Google Sync Plugin

The Internet more or less forces you to create an abundance of accounts, nearly one for every service of interest. It can get pretty difficult to track and remember your account credentials, and there are programs which can save them for you. More than that, extensions like Google Sync Plugin can help you synchronize password databases with your Google account.

First of all, you need to know that this isn’t a stand-alone application, but merely a plugin for KeePass Password Safe, which needs to be installed on your computer, as well as .NET Framework.

Installing the plugin is simply done by copying the file inside the KeePass Password Safe Plugins directory. Since it synchronizes the database with Google Drive, a Google account is necessary.

It’s a good idea to have KeePass Password Safe closed during the installation of the plugin. It becomes available right away, and you can find its set of options inside the Tools menu. A password database needs to be loaded for the sync process to be possible, as well as a first configuration with your Google account.

The plugin allows you to choose the Google account type, which can be a custom KeePass UUID. Needless to say that the UUID needs to be specified, as well as the Client ID and Client Secret. You can choose the Auto Sync type, which can be save, open, both, or disabled.

In case you decide to disable the Auto Sync feature, you can manually trigger processes from the Tools menu. These allow you to instantly sync with Google Drive, upload, or download from Google Drive.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that Google Sync Plugin is a reliable application to use in order to synchronize your password database with a popular online service you can access from nearly anywhere. It’s easy to configure, and can automatically perform sync operations.