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Original author(s) | Kevin Muller, Remy Bertot, Cedric Alfonsi, Diego Lendoiro |
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Developer(s) | Passbolt SA |
Initial release | July 1, 2016 |
Repository | github |
Written in | PHP, JavaScript, HTML, Shell, Go |
Operating system | Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS |
Available in | Multilingual |
Type | Password manager |
License | AGPL-3.0-only |
Website | passbolt |
Passbolt is an open-source password manager developed for team collaboration, emphasizing secure credential sharing. [1]
Passbolt clients are available as browser extensions for web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and provides a Windows desktop as well as iOS & Android mobile applications. Passbolt uses OpenPGP for public key cryptography, offers multilingual support and is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Passbolt offers a European cloud-hosted [2] service as well as the ability to self-host. [3]
Passbolt first version was released in April 2016. [4] In October 2016, Passbolt was selected among 200 startups to be part of the Luxembourgish national acceleration program Fit4Start. [5] Passbolt development is managed by Passbolt Societe Anonyme, a company incorporated in Luxembourg in November 2016. In December 2018, Passbolt closed a round of funding led by ‘Digital Tech Fund’, Luxembourg national fund for innovation. [6]
The source code for the browser extensions, the Windows desktop as well as iOS & Android mobile applications are available under the GNU Affero General Public License on GitHub. [7]
Since February 2021, Passbolt code has been audited by Cure53, an information security service provider. [8] To date, nine audit reports have been made publicly available. [9] Since 2021, Passbolt successfully completed an annual SOC 2 Type II audit. [10]
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