Open Source Alternatives
Open Source Security Alternatives to Dashlane
Password manager with autofill, VPN, and dark-web monitoring.
Dashlane is a trademark of its respective owner.
Updated Oct 2026
What you gain
- ✓Self-host your vault instead of paying per user per month as the team grows
- ✓Keep credentials and sharing inside your own network for compliance
- ✓Own your data with no seat-based pricing on password sharing
- ✓No vendor lock-in on where your logins live
What you give up
- △No bundled VPN or dark-web monitoring like Dashlane's paid plans
- △No Dashlane-managed cloud sync and recovery
- △You run the server, backups, and updates yourself
- △Fewer turnkey admin and provisioning features for large orgs
Switching Cost
Dashlane exports a CSV, and Vaultwarden or Passbolt imports it, so the vault itself moves in an afternoon. What does not come with you is the bundle: Dashlane wraps a VPN and dark-web monitoring into its paid plans, and those become separate problems to solve. Solo users and small teams switch fast. The hidden cost is the extras you stop getting, plus owning recovery if a master password is lost. If the per-seat bill is the reason you're looking, self-hosting removes it.
| Bitwarden | Vaultwarden | Passbolt | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overlap | 90% | 85% | 70% |
| Migration | trivial | trivial | moderate |
| License | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
| Best for | Teams with DevOps | Small teams | Small teams |
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Drop-in Replacements
Ranked by feature coverage
Bitwarden
7490% coverageBitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).
Bitwarden is the open source password manager that won. This repo is the backend: the APIs, database, and infrastructure behind every Bitwarden client.
Vaultwarden
8185% coverageLightweight Bitwarden-compatible server
Vaultwarden is an unofficial, lightweight Bitwarden-compatible server written in Rust. Point the official Bitwarden apps (desktop, mobile, browser extension, CLI) at it and you get organizations, sharing, attachments, Send, emergency access and the built-in TOTP authenticator, with every user treated as Premium.
Passbolt
7070% coveragePassbolt Community Edition (CE) API. The JSON API for the open source password manager for teams!
Passbolt is a password manager built for teams, with end-to-end encryption and user-owned secret keys. The Community Edition gives you password management, shared folders, browser extensions, mobile apps, CLI access, and 2FA.
keepassxc
7755% coverageKeePassXC is a cross-platform community-driven port of the Windows application “KeePass Password Safe”.
KeePassXC is the password manager with no server, no account, and no subscription. Your vault is a single encrypted KDBX file on your own disk, and the app runs natively on Windows, macOS, and Linux.