Passbolt

Passbolt Community is an open-source password manager for teams with password sharing, roles, access permissions and an API.

You can run the actively maintained software yourself or use it as a paid cloud service. According to the edition comparison, Community, Pro and Enterprise are all licensed under AGPL v3. The paid editions are therefore not the same as a proprietary license. It uses PHP and PostgreSQL.

Fact Sheet

Categories
Status
Actively maintained
License
  • AGPL-3.0
Operation
  • On-Premises / Self-hosted
  • SaaS
Technologies
  • PHP
  • PostgreSQL
Single Sign-On (SSO)
MCP server
  • Unknown: not specified

Data last checked on October 27, 2026

Passbolt Pro adds SSO, LDAP provisioning, account recovery, tags, audit logs and additional policies, among other features. Enterprise mainly adds consulting, migration and support with agreed response times. According to the edition comparison, these offerings remain licensed under AGPL. What sets them apart from Community is payment, not a switch to a proprietary license.

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