Passbolt: Free open-source password manager for teams and DevOps

Developer teams often require sharing passwords, login keys and credentials among team members. As the project progresses, it is difficult to keep track of these important data.

A collaborative solution is required, to save a huge deal of time and effort managing these keys and passwords.

So, here comes a Passbolt.

What is Passbolt

Passbolt is a free open-source and self-hosted solution for developers to manage  their shared login data, passwords, keys and more.

It is based on OpenPGP and design specifically for teams (Developers and DevOps).

Passbolt has an extensive JSON API and follows open security standards as it uses GnuPG for server-side verification and user authentication.

Features

1. Self-hosted
2. Multiple browser support
3. Multi-user support
4. Encrypted passwords over HTTPS
5. Groups and permissions
6. Granular passwords sharing
7. CLI mode
8. Search and filters
9. Support tags
10. Email recovery
11. Email notification
12. Comments
13. Activities log
14. Password sharing
15. Export/ Import passwords
16. REST JSON API
17. Browser extensions (Google Chrome & Mozilla Firefox)
18. Favorites management
19. Backup
20. Search filter
21. Comments
22. Email notification
23. Command-line interface
24. Docker support
25. Slack integration
26. User-groups management
27. CSV, XLS and KDBX file support
28. Large community of developers and users
29. Browser support
30. Dark theme and night mode support
31. Rich user-guide
32. Extensive developer documentation
33. Import and export (XLS, CSV, kdbx)
34. SMTP server support
    

Community edition VS business and enterprise editions.

The difference between community open-source edition and enterprise and business pro editions is pretty slim. The community edition is more than enough for small teams, small companies and communities.

However, enterprise and business users can benefit from extended services like support, desktop integration, custom development features (e.g. custom fields), auditing, folder management, multifactor authentication and more.

Install Passbolt

Passbolt can be installed on many systems and machines, here we list the most popular installation options:

1. Debian 10
2. Ubuntu 20.04
3. CentOS 7
4. DigitalOcean
5. AWS
6. Docker

sudo apt-get install passbolt-ce-server

The rest of the instructions are pretty straightforward, It takes a few minutes to get everything up and running.

License

Passbolt is released under AGPL V3.

Resources

• https://www.passbolt.com/
• https://help.passbolt.com/faq/
• https://github.com/passbolt
• https://help.passbolt.com/faq/discover/how-is-different