CLUSTER CREDENTIALS-DESKTOP-EVERYDAY · 5 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2019-05-01

Desktop password managers

This cluster consists of desktop applications that store, organize, and encrypt user login credentials, with some offering autofill or community enhancements. Their dated history is sparse: single entries appear in 2015, 2019, 2022, 2024, and 2025, indicating isolated releases rather than a concentrated trend. Traction leaders are clavis, passmage-bin, and passmantrs-bin, each with 0 stars, reflecting minimal observable activity.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

AUG 2015: 1MAY 2019: 1JUL 2022: 1JAN 2024: 1FEB 2025: 1
AUG 2015FEB 2025

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 2 hand-coded · 3 unlabelled

Operator · 5 open source

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 5 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01clavis0★2 moliveopen sourcePassword manager application that stores, organizes, and retrieves a user's login credentials for everyday use.
  2. 02passmage-bin0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop password manager application that securely stores, organizes, and autofills login credentials for everyday users.
  3. 03passmantrs-bin0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop password manager application that stores and organizes login credentials with strong encryption for everyday users.
  4. 04keepassx0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop application that stores, organizes, and encrypts passwords and other credentials for everyday personal password management.
  5. 05keepassx2-twofish0★2 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop password manager application that stores and organizes credentials, with community patches adding alternative encryption and unlock-during-autotype behavior.