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The extension is supported with Firefox 55 and newer. If you want to load it as a temporary plugin with Firefox 54 you can just change the minimum version from the manifest file before loading it.
Please thee this [wiki page](https://github.com/varjolintu/keepassxc-browser/wiki/Connecting-the-database-with-current-beta-build) for instructions how to configure this KeePassXC fork in order to connect the database correctly.
Please thee this [wiki page](hhttps://github.com/varjolintu/keepassxc-browser/wiki/Connecting-the-database-with-keepassxc-browser) for instructions how to configure this KeePassXC fork in order to connect the database correctly.
## How it works
There are two methods which you can use keepassxc-browser to connect to KeePassXC:
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This can cause unsaved changes not to be saved. If you use this method it's important to enable `Automatically save after every change` from KeePassXC's preferences.
2. keepassxc-browser communicated with KeePassXC through [keepassxc-proxy](https://github.com/varjolintu/keepassxc-proxy) or [keepassxc-proxy-rust](https://github.com/varjolintu/keepassxc-proxy-rust). The proxy handles listening stdin/stdout
and transfers these messages through a localhost UDP port 19700 (configurable) to KeePassXC. This means KeePassXC can be used and started normally without inteference from
and transfers these messages through Unix domain sockets / named pipes to KeePassXC. This means KeePassXC can be used and started normally without inteference from
Native Messaging API. keepassxc-browser starts only the proxy application and there's no risk of shutting down KeePassXC or losing any unsaved changes. keepassxc-proxy
is still under development. If you want, you are free to write your own proxy that handles the traffic.