Security · paid tool
1Password Families alternatives
Password manager for up to five family members with shared vaults.
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Vaultwarden
Ranking score 97.1/100
Lightweight Bitwarden-compatible server for self-hosted vaults.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Platforms
- web, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 5, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 69,705
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Vaultwarden Factor Points Weight Licence opennessAGPL-3.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity69705 GitHub stars 20 20% Feature coverage6 of 7 curated capability tags covered 17.1 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
Bitwarden
Ranking score 94/100
Password manager with sync, sharing, and a self-hosted option.
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Platforms
- web, macos, windows, linux, ios, android, self-hosted
- Self-hostable
- Yes
- Repo activity
- Last release October 14, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 20,484
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for Bitwarden Factor Points Weight Licence opennessAGPL-3.0 licence (open); self-hostable 25 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity20484 GitHub stars 18.4 20% Feature coverage6 of 7 curated capability tags covered 17.1 20% Costopen-core pricing model 8.5 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.
KeePassXC
Ranking score 83/100
Offline password vault stored in a local encrypted database.
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Platforms
- macos, windows, linux
- Self-hostable
- No
- Repo activity
- Last release October 21, 2026
- GitHub stars
- 29,512
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
Why this rank
Score breakdown for KeePassXC Factor Points Weight Licence opennessGPL-3.0 licence (open); not self-hostable 17.5 25% Repository activityLast activity 0 day(s) before 2026-10-26 25 25% Popularity29512 GitHub stars 19 20% Feature coverage4 of 7 curated capability tags covered 11.4 20% Costfree pricing model 10 10% Points add up to the score. Factors without data are left out and the remaining weights are renormalised.