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European password managers
Store credentials with providers under EU law
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.
European options
| service | Country | Hosting | Open source | Free plan | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EFTA hosted | ✓ | ✓ | EU controlled | ||
| Self-hosted | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Self-hosted | ✓ | — | Ownership reviewed, controller unresolved |
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.
Self-hosted and open source
Open source projects you can run yourself. Not necessarily made in Europe, but nobody else holds your data.
AliasVault
Self-hosted passwords and private email aliases
Bitwarden
Open source password manager with an official self-hosting option
Services without verified European control
Kept here for transparency, but excluded from the European options and totals. How we classify services →
Passbolt
Open source password manager from Luxembourg
pCloud Pass
Password manager from Switzerland by pCloud
heylogin
Password manager without a master password, from Germany
Hypervault
Password manager from Belgium
Password Depot
Business password manager from Germany
uniqkey
Password manager for companies from Denmark