Alternatives / LastPass
These eight options span personal password managers, family and team vaults, offline encrypted databases, self-hosted servers, peer-to-peer sync, and developer secrets tools. Vault and Phase manage infrastructure secrets rather than everyday browser passwords.
Written by Maxime DERAME
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LastPass, Bitwarden, KeePassXC, Padloc, and Passbolt are designed for people to manage website logins, passkeys, notes, and shared credentials. HashiCorp Vault and Phase primarily serve software and infrastructure by managing API keys, database credentials, certificates, and environment variables.
Bitwarden, Passbolt, and Padloc provide server-based synchronization models. KeePassXC instead keeps an encrypted database in a file that you can store locally or synchronize through a service you choose. PearPass uses peer-to-peer synchronization without a central password server.
Bitwarden offers an official self-hosted deployment; Passbolt is focused on team credential sharing; Padloc also supports self-hosting. KeePassXC needs no password server. Running your own service gives you control but makes you responsible for updates, availability, backups, and infrastructure security.
Vault 1.15 and later use the Business Source License 1.1, with a transition to MPL-2.0 four years after each release, so current versions are source available rather than OSI-approved open source. Phase has an MIT-licensed Community core and separately licensed Enterprise components. PearPass repositories report that active development is paused.
Choose Bitwarden for the closest conventional replacement, KeePassXC for a local encrypted file, Passbolt for team sharing, and Padloc for a straightforward self-hosted service. Consider PearPass if peer-to-peer sync matters and you accept its maintenance status. Vault and Phase fit application secrets rather than everyday browser passwords.
People look beyond LastPass for open-source software, self-hosting, local-only storage, end-to-end encryption, offline access, secure sharing, or more control over backups. Password managers serve people and browser workflows; infrastructure secrets managers such as Vault and Phase are a different category.
| Tool | Stars | License | Self-hosted | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HashiCorp Vault | 36K | BSL-1.1 (Vault 1.15+) | Yes | Source available under BSL-1.1 for current versions; review HashiCorp licensing for use conditions. |
| KeePassXC | 28.9K | GPL-2.0 / GPL-3.0 | Local vault | Free and open source; no subscription or required account. |
| Bitwarden | 20.2K | GPL-3.0 clients / AGPL-3.0 server | Yes | Free tier and paid plans; some advanced features require a subscription. |
| Passbolt | 6.1K | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Self-hosted Community Edition; commercial editions and enterprise features are also available. |
| Padloc | 2.9K | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Open-source self-hosting; optional commercial licensing and hosted services may be available. |
| Cozy | 1.3K | AGPL-3.0 | Yes | Open-source self-hosted platform; hosted offerings may be available. |
| Phase | 900 | MIT core / separate Enterprise licensing | Yes | Self-hostable Community edition and hosted option; Enterprise components are separately licensed. |
| PearPass | 522 | Apache-2.0 | Local / P2P | Open source; development is currently paused according to project repositories. |
Want the closest overall LastPass replacement
Bitwarden combines browser and mobile clients, autofill, passkeys, secure notes, sharing, encrypted sync, and optional self-hosting.
Want passwords to remain local
KeePassXC stores an encrypted database file under your control and works offline without a required account or cloud service.
Need team credential sharing
Passbolt is built around team sharing, granular permissions, and auditable self-hosted workflows.
Want a simpler independent password manager
Padloc offers encrypted cross-device password management, secure notes, documents, sharing, and self-hosting.
Want peer-to-peer synchronization
PearPass uses local encrypted storage and peer-to-peer synchronization; its development pause should be considered before adoption.
Manage application and infrastructure secrets
Vault manages machine credentials, certificates, and dynamic secrets through APIs and policies rather than a consumer browser vault.
Manage developer environment secrets
Phase focuses on environment variables and application secrets, with a developer-oriented CLI and deployment integrations.