Bitwarden vs Passbolt

Comparing two open source alternatives to 1Password . Use the comparison below to decide which one fits your needs.

Bitwarden

Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).

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Passbolt

AGPL-3.0

Passbolt Community Edition (CE) API. The JSON API for the open source password manager for teams!

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Side-by-side comparison

	Bitwarden	Passbolt
License	—	AGPL-3.0
Self-hostable	No	Yes
GitHub Stars	18,332	5,798
Forks	1,559	379
Open Issues	202	25
Last Commit	Mar 28, 2026	Mar 12, 2026
First Released	Nov 23, 2015	Feb 23, 2016
Categories	Password Managers	Password Managers
Tags	#API #SQL #docker #password manager	#password manager #credentials

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