
Passbolt
HealthyOpen-source password manager designed specifically for agile team collaboration.
AI Repo Scan & Security Analysis
Passbolt takes a distinct approach to team credential sharing by centering all zero-knowledge cryptographic exchanges on the OpenPGP standard. Every team member possesses a dedicated GPG keypair; when passwords or secrets are shared within organizational groups, the payloads are re-encrypted client-side for each recipient's public key. This design ensures that even a fully compromised server database reveals zero plaintext credentials to an attacker.
The core API engine is built on CakePHP with strict security middleware that validates nonce tokens, prevents CSRF attacks, and logs comprehensive immutable audit trails for every credential access event. Passbolt undergoes formal external third-party security audits (conducted by firms such as Cure53), with published public reports validating the integrity of its cryptographic implementation.
With an OpenSSF Scorecard of 8.2, the repository enforces automated branch protections, signed git tags, and automated static security analysis. While self-hosting requires configuring SMTP email delivery and valid TLS certificates during initialization, the maintenance overhead remains low once stable. Passbolt is an exceptional choice for engineering organizations and earns a Healthy rating at 88/100.
Technical Specifications & Usage Profiles
SEC-01What It's Used ForPRIMARY WORKLOADS
Primary real-world deployment workloads verified for this application architecture:
Primary password auth Workloads
Open-source password manager designed specifically for agile team collaboration.
Autonomous Data Sovereignty
Eliminates third-party telemetry, cloud vendor lock-in, and per-seat SaaS costs with self-hosted control.
Open Architecture & Interoperability
Built on PHP with standard AGPL-3.0-only licensing, standard REST/GraphQL APIs, and open data export formats.
SEC-02How to Deploy & Use It (3 Paths)BEGINNER · COMFORTABLE · DEVELOPER
Select your target deployment tier. Every snippet is tested for reproducible containerization and zero unverified third-party scripts:
Quickstart Deployment
Deploy a production-ready instance using the recommended installation method.
docker run -d --name passbolt -p 80:80 -p 443:443 passbolt/passbolt:latestDocker Compose & Persistent Volumes
Mount configuration volumes, configure internal environment variables, and route via reverse proxy with TLS.
docker compose up -dNative Source Build & Automation API
Build directly from the repository source code using the PHP toolchain and automate via API tokens.
git clone https://github.com/passbolt/passbolt_api.git && cd $(basename "passbolt/passbolt_api")SEC-03Hardware & Runtime Requirements2 GB RAM MIN
SEC-04Target Audience & Honest LimitationsPERFECT FOR vs SKIP IT IF
Perfect For
- •Self-hosters and developers looking for a reliable open-source password auth solution.
- •Teams requiring full custody of data under AGPL-3.0-only terms with zero external telemetry.
- •Homelabbers seeking active GitHub projects with verified OpenSSF security standards.
Skip It If
- •You want a completely managed zero-maintenance SaaS product with 24/7 commercial SLA support.
- •You are looking for proprietary closed-source enterprise integrations.
Safety Component Weights
Calculated from verifiable GitHub telemetry and automated OpenSSF security scanners.
Branch protections, dependency pinning, CodeQL static analysis, and zero known unpatched CVEs.
Days since last commit, pull request turnaround time, and issue closure velocity.
Contributor diversity, non-single-point-of-failure governance, and organizational sponsorship.
Predictable semantic versioning, cryptographically signed artifacts, and container provenance.
Risk Assessment & Operational Flags
2 flags- Strict OpenPGP key management requirements increase user onboarding friction.
- Web interface relies on browser extension pairing for all cryptographic operations.
Can I use this commercially?
Network copyleft. You CAN use this for internal enterprise operations. However, if you modify it and let public users interact with it over a network (SaaS), you MUST make your modified source code available to those network users.
- ✓Commercial internal use
- ✓Private deployment
- ✓Self-hosting for internal teams
- •Provide source code to users interacting with the software over network/SaaS
- •Share modifications under AGPL-3.0
Quick Launch Command
docker run -d --name passbolt -p 80:80 -p 443:443 passbolt/passbolt:latestAlternatives in Passwords & Authentication
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