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CryptPad vs Passbolt
A side-by-side editorial comparison of CryptPad and Passbolt — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
CryptPad vs Passbolt: at a glance
What is CryptPad?
CryptPad rewrote its server and swapped OnlyOffice for Euro-Office in one release.
CryptPad's Autumn 2026.10.0 is the largest release in this window. The server is fully rewritten for scalability and published as its own cryptpad-server npm package, office documents gain a 'linked documents' data model for reliability, and the office apps move from OnlyOffice to Euro-Office 9.3, a compatible fork. A long list of drive, team, accessibility and form fixes rides along, and admins are told to read the upgrade notes because the new server changes deployment.
What is Passbolt?
Passbolt adds passkeys for MFA and rebuilds autofill detection, with passwordless still to come.
Passbolt 5.17 adds passkeys as a second factor in every edition and rebuilds autofill detection, raising form detection on its internal test set from 74% to 93.4%. It also brings the permission review to moves of resources and folders, as earlier notes promised. The previous release, 5.16, added a read-only Offline Mode in beta for when the server is unreachable.
CryptPad vs Passbolt: editorial side-by-side
CryptPad
2.5COLLAB
CryptPad rewrote its server and swapped OnlyOffice for Euro-Office in one release.
◆ Current state
CryptPad's Autumn 2026.10.0 is the largest release in this window. The server is fully rewritten for scalability and published as its own cryptpad-server npm package, office documents gain a 'linked documents' data model for reliability, and the office apps move from OnlyOffice to Euro-Office 9.3, a compatible fork. A long list of drive, team, accessibility and form fixes rides along, and admins are told to read the upgrade notes because the new server changes deployment.
◆ Where it's heading
Earlier releases moved CryptPad forward mainly by bumping the editors it wraps. This one changes its own core and its office supplier, and the Euro-Office switch fits the integration direction seen in the opendesk build: CryptPad as one component of a European sovereign workplace stack. Shipping the server as a separate package also makes it easier to embed and operate on its own.
◆ Prediction
Expect a fix release on the Autumn line soon, as every seasonal release in this window has had one or two, and a server rewrite raises the odds of upgrade issues.
Passbolt
2.5COLLAB
Passbolt adds passkeys for MFA and rebuilds autofill detection, with passwordless still to come.
◆ Current state
Passbolt 5.17 adds passkeys as a second factor in every edition and rebuilds autofill detection, raising form detection on its internal test set from 74% to 93.4%. It also brings the permission review to moves of resources and folders, as earlier notes promised. The previous release, 5.16, added a read-only Offline Mode in beta for when the server is unreachable.
◆ Where it's heading
The access-review arc that began with 5.14 has reached moves, so it is close to complete. The next arc is authentication: passkeys for MFA are stated as a first step, with passkey storage for third-party sites and passwordless sign-in to Passbolt named as follow-ups. Offline Mode and QuickAccess are also being extended resource type by resource type.
◆ Prediction
The next releases should deliver passkey storage as a resource type, with passwordless sign-in after it. Further resource types will move into QuickAccess and Offline Mode, as the 5.17 notes say.
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Recent activity from CryptPad and Passbolt
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 11d agoCryptPadAutumn 2026.10: new server, Euro-Office replaces OnlyOffice
- 12d agoPassbolt5.17 adds passkeys for MFA and a rebuilt autofill engine
- 1mo agoPassbolt5.16 adds read-only Offline Mode in beta
- 2mo agoPassbolt5.15 adds database sessions and closes shared-tag permission bypasses
- 2mo agoPassbolt5.14.3 limits the permission dialog to actual secret changes
- 2mo agoCryptPadopendesk build suppresses donation prompts
- 3mo agoPassbolt5.14 adds confirmation prompts before shared-resource edits
- 4mo agoPassbolt5.13 adds in-app switching between Community and Pro
- 5mo agoCryptPadFix release repairs office app corruption and SSO plugin
- 5mo agoCryptPadDiagram app moves to Drawio 29 with a sketch-mode default
- 7mo agoCryptPadPatch fixes office history loading and a version misnumber
- 7mo agoCryptPadPatch closes websocket leaks and a shared-folder drive bug
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between CryptPad and Passbolt?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. CryptPad and Passbolt are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 2.5 vs 2.5, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is CryptPad better than Passbolt?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. CryptPad and Passbolt are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 2.5 vs 2.5, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Collab products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to CryptPad?
Top CryptPad alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "CryptPad alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/cryptpad for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Passbolt?
Top Passbolt alternatives in Collab are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Passbolt alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/passbolt for the full list with editorial commentary on each.