Alternatives to Passky
A lightweight open-source password manager that you can self-host, with browser extensions and apps. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Passky
A lightweight open-source password manager that you can self-host, with browser extensions and apps.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Passky.
Vaultwarden
A lightweight self-hosted server compatible with the Bitwarden apps, written in Rust.
Vaultwarden is a lightweight AGPL-3.0 self-hosted server compatible with Bitwarden clients, offering more features such as Send, attachments and emergency access.
Bitwarden
An open-source password manager with free cross-device sync, apps for every platform and optional paid plans.
Bitwarden offers GPL-3.0 clients on every platform with a free cloud tier or self-hosting, and more features than Passky's minimal design.
Padloc
End-to-end encrypted password manager with an open-source self-host option.
Padloc is an AGPL-3.0 end-to-end encrypted manager with a self-hostable server and desktop and mobile apps, with advanced sharing on a paid plan.
Psono
Self-hostable password manager aimed at companies and developers.
Psono is an Apache-2.0 self-hostable manager aimed at companies, with SAML, LDAP and audit logging, but self-hosting needs several containers.
Passbolt
Self-hosted password manager for teams, built on OpenPGP keys.
Passbolt is a self-hosted AGPL-3.0 team manager using per-user OpenPGP keys, with a free community edition but unforgiving key-based recovery.
Nextcloud Passwords
A password manager app that stores and manages passwords on your own Nextcloud server.
Nextcloud Passwords keeps passwords on your own Nextcloud server through a web app, but requires a running Nextcloud installation.
Teampass
A self-hosted, open-source password manager for teams with folder-level access control and audit trails.
Teampass is a free GPL-3.0 self-hosted manager focused on shared team vaults with role-based access and audit trails, running on PHP and MySQL.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
KeePassXC
A free, open-source desktop password manager that keeps your vault in a local encrypted file.
