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Passbolt: the best Open Source alternative to 1Password Business in 2026
Passbolt is a team password manager with OpenPGP encryption, granular per-folder permissions and auditing, designed specifically for organizations that need fine-grained control.
Technical profile
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Category
- Password Managers
- Replaces
- 1Password Business
- Tech stack
- PHPCakePHPMySQL
Preview

Public image provided by Passbolt on its own website.
Key features
- End-to-end OpenPGP encryption
- Granular folder and group permissions
- Full access auditing
Passbolt vs. 1Password Business
Pros
- Specifically built for team access control
Things to consider
- Initial GPG setup is more technical than Vaultwarden's
Quick Docker installation guide
Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →
docker-compose.yml
version: "3.9"
services:
passbolt:
image: passbolt/passbolt:latest
restart: unless-stopped
ports:
- "443:443"
environment:
- DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_HOST=passbolt-db
- DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_USERNAME=passbolt
- DATASOURCES_DEFAULT_PASSWORD=passbolt
depends_on:
- passbolt-db
passbolt-db:
image: mariadb:11
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root
- MYSQL_DATABASE=passbolt
- MYSQL_USER=passbolt
- MYSQL_PASSWORD=passbolt
volumes:
- passbolt_db_data:/var/lib/mysql
volumes:
passbolt_db_data: