Work and productivity

European password managers

Store credentials with providers under EU law

Replaces: 1Password · LastPass

A password manager stores your logins in an encrypted vault, unlocked by one master password, and fills them in when you need them. It generates long random passwords so you stop reusing the same one, keeps notes and recovery codes, and often holds one time codes for two factor login. Team versions add shared vaults with per person access to specific credentials.

Nothing else you host concentrates risk quite like a password vault, so the operator behind it deserves scrutiny. Proton Pass, Passbolt and heylogin come from European companies, and Passbolt can be self hosted. Choosing a European password manager keeps the encrypted vault and the account metadata around it under EU law, and an export in a standard format is your insurance against being stuck.

Our pick

Proton Pass

Open source password manager from Switzerland

Proton Pass is a password manager from Switzerland. It is open source and independently audited, generates strong passwords, fills them in on all your devices, shares them through vaults and stores encrypted notes. It also works as an identity manager by creating email aliases that hide your real address. There are apps for iOS and Android and add-ons for all major browsers.

SwitzerlandEFTA hostedOpen sourceFree plan

Self-hosted and open source

Open source projects you can run yourself. Not necessarily made in Europe, but nobody else holds your data.

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