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][2]
Overview
[edit]Passbolt clients are available as browser extensions for web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and provides a Windows desktop application as well as iOS & Android mobile applications. Passbolt uses OpenPGP[3] for public key cryptography, offers multilingual support and is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Passbolt offers a European cloud-hosted[4] service as well as the ability to self-host.[5]
History
[edit]Passbolt first version was released in April 2016.[6] In October 2016, Passbolt was selected among 200 startups to be part of the Luxembourgish national acceleration program Fit4Start.[7] Passbolt development is managed by Passbolt Société Anonyme, a company incorporated in Luxembourg in November 2016.[8] In December 2018, Passbolt closed a round of funding led by ‘Digital Tech Fund’, Luxembourg national fund for innovation.[9]
Source code
[edit]The source code for the browser extensions, the Windows desktop application as well as iOS & Android mobile applications are available under the GNU Affero General Public License on GitHub.[10]
Security
[edit]Since February 2021, Passbolt code has been audited by Cure53, an information security service provider.[11] [12] To date, nine audit reports have been made publicly available.[13] Since 2021, Passbolt successfully completed an annual SOC 2 Type II audit.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Solving Your Teams Secure Collaboration Challenges". The Hacker news. 12 May 2023.
- ^ Millares, Luis (11 April 2024). "4 Best Open Source Password Managers for Teams in 2024". TechRepublic.
- ^ Baker, Jason (4 March 2021). "3 open source password managers". opensource.com.
- ^ "Password managers". EU-based cloud providers.
- ^ "Passbolt". European Alternatives.
- ^ "Passbolt, un nouveau gestionnaire de mots de passe pour les équipes". LinuxFR. 16 April 2016.
- ^ "Pasbolt". Startup Luxembourg. December 2016.
- ^ "Business Guide". Delano.
- ^ "Passbolt raises €460,000 and attracts the Digital Tech Fund". Luxinnovation. 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Passbolt README.md". Github.
- ^ Jacob, Marc (1 February 2022). "The Best Free Password Manager on the Market". Global Security Mag.
- ^ "Fine penetration tests for fine websites". Cure53.
- ^ "Security and privacy by design". Passbolt.
- ^ Kenyon, Tilly (28 April 2022). "CTO at Passbolt explains the importance of password managers". Cyber Magazine.
External links
[edit]Category:Password managers Category:Cryptographic software Category:Google Chrome extensions