# Passbolt

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Passbolt and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Password manager people recommend for sharing single secrets and its feature set. Caveat: no individual hosted plans; cloud plans need at least 10 users.

## Why people recommend it

- Shares single secrets with access control (2 comments): "does support sharing single secrets, but no free hosted version" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48154780)) "the "share a single secret" access control seems nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163577))
- Feature set looks good (2 comments): "I've been pretty impressed with Passbolt in testing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49554731)) "The feature set looks pretty good at first sight." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48198460))

## What people warn about

- No individual hosted plans (2 comments): "Looks promising. But no hosted offers for individuals as far as i can see." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48158554)) "Doesnt have individual plans, you can only selfhost it unless you subscribe for at least 10 users or more" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48207653))
- Cloud plans require 10-user minimum (2 comments): "Doesnt have individual plans, you can only selfhost it unless you subscribe for at least 10 users or more" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48207653)) "They have a minimum of 10 users on their cloud plans" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48185902))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Bitwarden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bitwarden.md): 278 recommend
- [1Password](https://hackerapproved.com/p/1password.md): 238 recommend
- [KeePassXC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keepassxc.md): 131 recommend
- [Vaultwarden](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vaultwarden.md): 112 recommend
- [KeePass](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keepass.md): 100 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Passbolt", https://hackerapproved.com/p/passbolt/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).