Passbolt
Collaborative password manager.
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Still maintained? Yes: 495 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v5.17.0 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to 1Password, LastPass and Bitwarden Cloud.
At a glance
Passbolt quick facts
- Health score
- 95/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 6,198
- Last commit
- 10 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v5.17.0, Oct 2026
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Passbolt
Full rankings: 1Password alternatives, LastPass alternatives, Bitwarden Cloud alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Passbolt is a security-first, open source password manager for teams. It helps organizations centralize, organize and share passwords and secrets securely."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Passbolt scores 95/100, #3 of 7 in Password Managers: 495 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v5.17.0, 10 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 6,198 stars add 15.2 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 4.8 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
495 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v5.17.0 released 10 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 15.2 / 20
6.2k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 495
- Last 90 days
- 1,808
- Last 12 months
- 10 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #3 of 7 tools in Password Managers by health , between Bitwarden (#2) and AliasVault (#4) .
Details
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP, deb, K8S, Docker |
| Latest release | v5.17.0 · 10 days ago |
| Stars | 6,198 |
| Open issues | 21 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | passbolt/passbolt_api ↗ |
Passbolt vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Passbolt (Password Managers), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaultwarden | 99 | 70k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Bitwarden | 97 | 21k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Passbolt (this tool) | 95 | 6.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 10 days ago |
| AliasVault | 94 | 3.3k | MIT | today |
| Teampass | 83 | 1.9k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Psono | 73 | 6 | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
Passbolt: common questions
What does Passbolt replace?
Repoly lists Passbolt as an open-source alternative to 1Password, LastPass and Bitwarden Cloud. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Passbolt stands against the others.
Is Passbolt still maintained?
Passbolt had 495 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 10 days ago; the latest tagged release, v5.17.0, is from 10 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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