Passwordcockpit
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Passwordcockpit, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Passwordcockpit's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Self-hosted web app · team password manager · Described as free and open source; no billing details stated. |
The facts
Each one read from Passwordcockpit's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- The application follows a RESTful architecture and documents its APIs with Swagger.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Authentication
- Users can authenticate with a password stored in the database or through LDAP.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Business admin controls
- Yeschecked 16 Sep 2026
- Data storage
- The application uses MySQL or MariaDB, and uploaded files are stored in a persistent upload volume.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- Installation uses Docker Compose, and Docker images are provided through its Docker Hub organization.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- The project describes SSL for data transfer, database encryption for login information, passwords, and files, and PIN-based password encryption.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Permissions
- Administrators can assign global permissions and folder-level read or manage access to users.checked 11 Oct 2026
- PIN protection
- A password can be encrypted with a personal PIN to hide it from users with access to all directories and users assigned to the same directory.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Passwordcockpit is a self-hosted web password manager for teams to store, share, and retrieve passwords, certificates, files, and other items.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Recovery consideration
- The documentation says passwords and files cannot be decrypted without the configured block cipher key, so that key must be retained.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Runtime
- The container runs as the non-root www-data user.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Secure sharing
- Yeschecked 16 Sep 2026
- Security setup
- The project recommends enabling SSL or using an SSL reverse proxy, setting custom encryption and authentication keys and an admin password, and disabling Swagger.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported languages
- The project lists English, Italian, French, and German translations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Updates
- The documented update process replaces the container with a newer image and recommends backing up the database and persistent files beforehand.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 16 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- web,self_hostedchecked 16 Sep 2026
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