Passbolt
Team password manager with open-source edition
Review status: Research backlog. Research candidate with incomplete checks; not a vetted recommendation.
Official Website · Source Code
open-core planned guideOverview
Passbolt focuses on team password sharing with audit trails. Ops teams manage shared credentials for facilities and vendors.
At a glance
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Categories | password-secrets, security-compliance |
| Deployment | self-hosted, managed-saas |
| License class | open-core (AGPL-3.0-only) |
| Cost model | open-core-paid-features |
| Implementation difficulty | moderate |
| Maintenance burden | medium |
| Maturity | stable |
| Freshness status | partially-verified (2026-07-17) |
| Completeness | partial |
| Confidence | low |
| Directory tier | research-backlog |
Cost reality
CE free self-host; Pro/Cloud paid. Verify pricing.
Pricing and free-tier limits change frequently; re-check official pricing before budget decisions.
Tasks reduced or augmented
Software does not replace community or ops staff. It may reduce or augment:
- Team password sharing
- Access auditability
Human oversight still needed
- Browser extension trust
- Recovery procedures
Manual process this can replace
Structured task-fit review has not been completed for this tool. Treat the free-text examples above as evaluation prompts, not replacement claims.
Data held
-
encrypted secrets
-
users
-
audit logs
-
Personal data: yes
-
Payment data: no / not primary
Risks
| Area | Notes |
|---|---|
| Vendor lock-in | Evaluate export formats and API completeness before deep customization. |
| Security | Apply updates promptly; restrict admin access; enable TLS. |
| Compliance | Operator remains responsible for privacy and local regulatory obligations. |
| Licensing | CE AGPL; Pro features commercial. |
| Operational | Plan backups, monitoring, and a restore drill before production use. |
Coworking fit
Roles: technical-operator, operations-manager
Workflows: member-offboarding, vendor-offboarding, incident-response
Problems: privacy-compliance, self-host-for-data-control
Smallest useful experiment
Migrate 20 shared staff credentials into Passbolt CE and revoke one departing contractor.
Initial planning estimate (unverified): 1–3 days
Links
Implementation guide
No implementation guide is published yet.
Verification
- Status:
partially-verified - Completeness:
partial - Confidence:
low - Tier:
research-backlog - Last reviewed:
2026-07-17 - Sources:
Seed entry compiled from official project sites and repositories. Re-verify pricing, license text, and feature claims before production decisions. Star counts and free-tier numeric limits intentionally omitted unless verified at review time.