# Keeper by Double Fine

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Keeper by Double Fine and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for a smooth transition and simple single-file storage. The most common caveat is performance trouble, such as framerate drops on Steam Deck.

## Why people recommend it

- Smooth transition when IT is competent (1 comments): "The transition was smooth and I do not see why it shouldn’t be as long as IT knows what they are doing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675034))
- Simple single-file database design (1 comments): "trade-off for simplicity (a single *.db)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47716982))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Keeper by Double Fine", https://hackerapproved.com/p/keeper/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).