Draft:Passbolt (software)

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{{Short description|Password manager}}

{{Draft topics|internet-culture|software|technology}}

{{AfC topic|product}}

{{COI|date=April 2024}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Passbolt

| logo =

| author = Kevin Muller, Remy Bertot, Cedric Alfonsi, Diego Lendoiro

| developer = Passbolt SA

| released = {{start date and age|2016|07|01}}

| ver layout = stacked

| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/passbolt}}

| programming language = PHP, JavaScript, HTML, Shell, Go

| operating system = Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS

| language = Multilingual

| genre = Password manager

| license = AGPL-3.0-only

| website = {{URL|https://passbolt.com/}}

}}

Passbolt is an open-source password manager developed for team collaboration, emphasizing secure credential sharing.{{cite web |title=Solving Your Teams Secure Collaboration Challenges |url=https://thehackernews.com/2023/05/solving-your-teams-secure-collaboration.html |website=The Hacker news |date=12 May 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Millares |first1=Luis |title=4 Best Open Source Password Managers for Teams in 2024 |url=https://www.techrepublic.com/article/best-open-source-password-manager/ |website=TechRepublic |date=11 April 2024}}

Overview

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{{cite web |last1=Baker |first1=Jason |title=3 open source password managers |url=https://opensource.com/article/16/12/password-managers |website=opensource.com |date=4 March 2021}} for public key cryptography, offers multilingual support and is licensed under AGPL-3.0. Passbolt offers a European cloud-hosted{{cite web |title=Password managers |url=https://www.eucloud.tech/en/eu-providers/password-managers |website=EU-based cloud providers}} service as well as the ability to self-host.{{cite web |title=Passbolt |url=https://european-alternatives.eu/product/passbolt |website=European Alternatives}}

History

Passbolt first version was released in April 2016.{{cite web |title=Passbolt, un nouveau gestionnaire de mots de passe pour les équipes |url=https://linuxfr.org/news/passbolt-un-nouveau-gestionnaire-de-mots-de-passe-pour-les-equipes |website=LinuxFR |date=16 April 2016}} In October 2016, Passbolt was selected among 200 startups to be part of the Luxembourgish national acceleration program Fit4Start.{{cite web |title=Pasbolt |url=https://directory.startupluxembourg.com/companies/passbolt |website=Startup Luxembourg|date=December 2016 }} Passbolt development is managed by Passbolt Société Anonyme, a company incorporated in Luxembourg in November 2016.{{cite web |title=Business Guide |url=https://delano.lu/guide/organisation/01230689692/passbolt |website=Delano}} In December 2018, Passbolt closed a round of funding led by ‘Digital Tech Fund’, Luxembourg national fund for innovation.{{cite web |title=Passbolt raises €460,000 and attracts the Digital Tech Fund |url=https://www.luxinnovation.lu/news/passbolt-raises-460000-euros-and-attracts-the-digital-tech-fund/ |website=Luxinnovation |date=14 January 2019}}

Source code

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.{{cite web |title=Passbolt README.md |url=https://github.com/passbolt |website=Github}}

Security

Since February 2021, Passbolt code has been audited by Cure53, an information security service provider.{{cite web |last1=Jacob |first1=Marc |title=The Best Free Password Manager on the Market |url=https://www.globalsecuritymag.fr/The-Best-Free-Password-Manager-on,20220217,122159.html |website=Global Security Mag |date=1 February 2022}}

{{cite web |title=Fine penetration tests for fine websites |url=https://cure53.de/#publications |website=Cure53}}

To date, nine audit reports have been made publicly available.{{cite web |title=Security and privacy by design |url=https://www.passbolt.com/security |website=Passbolt}} Since 2021, Passbolt successfully completed an annual SOC 2 Type II audit.{{cite web |last1=Kenyon |first1=Tilly |title=CTO at Passbolt explains the importance of password managers |url=https://cybermagazine.com/application-security/cto-at-passbolt-explains-the-importance-of-password-managers |website=Cyber Magazine |date=28 April 2022}}

See also

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