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Passbolt
Original author(s)Kevin Muller, Remy Bertot, Cedric Alfonsi, Diego Lendoiro
Developer(s)Passbolt SA
Initial releaseJuly 1, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-07-01)
Repositorygithub.com/passbolt
Written inPHP, JavaScript, HTML, Shell, Go
Operating systemLinux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS
Available inMultilingual
TypePassword manager
LicenseAGPL-3.0-only
Websitepassbolt.com

Passbolt is an open-source password manager developed for team collaboration, emphasizing secure credential sharing.[1][2]

Overview

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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

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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

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Solving Your Teams Secure Collaboration Challenges". The Hacker news. 12 May 2023.
  2. ^ Millares, Luis (11 April 2024). "4 Best Open Source Password Managers for Teams in 2024". TechRepublic.
  3. ^ Baker, Jason (4 March 2021). "3 open source password managers". opensource.com.
  4. ^ "Password managers". EU-based cloud providers.
  5. ^ "Passbolt". European Alternatives.
  6. ^ "Passbolt, un nouveau gestionnaire de mots de passe pour les équipes". LinuxFR. 16 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Pasbolt". Startup Luxembourg. December 2016.
  8. ^ "Business Guide". Delano.
  9. ^ "Passbolt raises €460,000 and attracts the Digital Tech Fund". Luxinnovation. 14 January 2019.
  10. ^ "Passbolt README.md". Github.
  11. ^ Jacob, Marc (1 February 2022). "The Best Free Password Manager on the Market". Global Security Mag.
  12. ^ "Fine penetration tests for fine websites". Cure53.
  13. ^ "Security and privacy by design". Passbolt.
  14. ^ Kenyon, Tilly (28 April 2022). "CTO at Passbolt explains the importance of password managers". Cyber Magazine.
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Category:Password managers Category:Cryptographic software Category:Google Chrome extensions