RoboForm

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RoboForm
Developer(s) Siber Systems
Initial release1999;25 years ago (1999)
Operating system macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, watchOS, Wear OS
Available in30 languages
Type Password manager
License Freemium / Proprietary software
Website www.roboform.com

RoboForm is a password manager, which is a class of software that allows users to have secure, unique passwords for every website accessed. It is amongst the older password managers [1] [2] on the market, developed by US company Siber Systems, [3] distributed as a freemium product with a subscription plan, [4] available on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android [4] and as a plugin for web browsers. [5] [6]

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Overview

Siber Systems is a company founded in 1995 by Vadim Maslov [7] [8] with headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. [9] The company was founded to capitalize on research into text parsing, compilation and transformation to produce useful, commercially-viable technologies. [9] They released RoboForm as their first consumer product in 1999. [10] [11] [2]

RoboForm was initially a form-filling utility and was further developed into a full-fledged password manager, [12] then delivered with password generator, password capturer, password importer, multi-factor authentication and secure password sharing. [6]

The first business version of RoboForm was released in 2009. In 2010 it was introduced premium cross-platform subscription service for individuals and in 2015, Siber Systems launched RoboForm as a software as a service solution (SaaS). The freemium model was available starting in 2017. [5]

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