Password managers
Passbolt privacy rating
Open source password manager for teams built on OpenPGP end-to-end encryption, with browser extensions, mobile and desktop apps. It can be self-hosted or used as a hosted cloud service.
Summary
Passbolt scores 66 out of 100 (grade C) on the password managers criteria. It meets 7 of 11 criteria: no ads or data sales, independent audit, TLS configuration, security headers, end-to-end encrypted vault, local or self-hosted option and full export. It partly meets open source. It does not meet no trackers or telemetry, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in Luxembourg: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A+.
Score 66 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
The Community Edition server and apps are AGPL-3.0, but Pro and Cloud features are proprietary.
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website loads Google Tag Manager, and the privacy policy lists Google Analytics, Matomo, Plausible, Google Ads and LinkedIn.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid Pro and Cloud plans, and the privacy policy says personal information is not sold.
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Yes
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Full Cure53 and Quarkslab reports are published, including an audit of the version 5 browser extension and API.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Yes
End-to-end encrypted vault Weight 3 of 3
Is the vault encrypted on the device before it is synced, with a key the provider does not hold?
Secrets are end-to-end encrypted with OpenPGP keys held by each user.
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Yes
Local or self-hosted option Weight 2 of 3
Can the vault be kept locally or on your own server?
The server can be self-hosted.
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Yes
Full export Weight 1 of 3
Can every item be exported in an open format?
All resources can be exported to KDBX, or to CSV when an administrator allows it.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+
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Yes
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A+ (115/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.