Open source alternatives to Dashlane

What Dashlane does

Dashlane saves and fills passwords and passkeys across devices, browsers and operating systems, generates passwords, and alerts you to weak or compromised credentials. It warns about suspicious sites before you log in, lets you share credentials securely, and includes a VPN for public networks in its Premium plan. The vendor describes its encryption as zero-knowledge. Personal plans are Premium and Family, both with a 14-day trial, alongside business plans.

Why people look for an alternative

• The Free plan has ended. Dashlane announced on 5 August 2025 that it was discontinuing its Free plan on 16 September 2025, saying it wanted to focus on advanced security features. After that date former free users could no longer add, edit, copy or view their data, only export it to CSV, and they had until 16 September 2026 to upgrade or export.
• Subscription only. Personal use now requires a paid plan after the trial.
• No self-hosting. Vaults are stored only in Dashlane’s cloud service.

What to compare in an alternative

1. A free tier. Whether the alternative is free to use across all your devices, and what a paid plan adds.
2. Hosting choice. A provider’s cloud, your own server, or a local encrypted file.
3. Passkeys and autofill. Support in browsers and on iOS and Android.
4. Family sharing. How many people can share and whether each keeps a private vault.
5. Migration. Bitwarden and Passbolt import Dashlane exports directly; other tools accept CSV. Delete the plaintext export once the import has worked.
6. Extras you used. Dashlane’s VPN and scam warnings are not part of most open source password managers.

Which one to choose

For most former Dashlane users, Bitwarden is the natural move: a free cloud plan that syncs every device, passkeys, a Dashlane importer, and Families and business plans if you need sharing. If you prefer to run the server yourself, Vaultwarden uses the same Bitwarden apps on a small machine. Business teams that share many credentials can compare Passbolt, which also imports Dashlane data. If you want no account at all, KeePassXC stores everything in one encrypted file on your own storage, and KeePass apps for Android and iOS open the same file. Privacy-minded users who also want email aliases can look at AliasVault, which is still in beta. Our password manager guide compares the approaches.