Developers

Vaultly for Developers: The zero-knowledge team password manager you own forever

The zero-knowledge team password manager you own forever.

Developers rent API docs, monitoring, secrets and webhook plumbing by the month for side projects that earn nothing yet. Self-hosted pay-once utilities cost less than one month of the SaaS they replace.

The tool this job usually means renting is 1Password Teams, at $7.99/user/mo โ€” roughly $96 a year, every year. Vaultly does the job for a one-time $39 โ€” running on infrastructure you control.

Fit check

Why it fits how developers work

๐Ÿ”’ Zero-knowledge client-side crypto

PBKDF2 at 600k iterations into AES-256-GCM via the Web Crypto API, so a server compromise is not a vault compromise.

For developers, zero-knowledge client-side crypto pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts โ€” and it's covered by the same one-time $39, not metered per month.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Shared team vaults

Vault keys are wrapped with each member RSA-OAEP public key in the browser, and the server only relays wrapped keys it cannot read.

For developers, shared team vaults pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts โ€” and it's covered by the same one-time $39, not metered per month.

๐Ÿ”‘ Logins, notes and cards

Store logins, secure notes and cards with folders, search, a strong password generator and a strength meter.

For developers, logins, notes and cards pays off while you're shipping, not managing vendor accounts โ€” and it's covered by the same one-time $39, not metered per month.

Workflow

A typical workflow

STEP 01

Buy once on Whop

One payment of $39 gets you the packaged 1-click installer, or clone the MIT source at github.com/bensblueprints/password-manager-selfhosted-mvp and run it yourself for free.

STEP 02

Deploy on your own server

Docker-compose onto a $5 VPS for a public team vault, or run the Electron desktop build air-gapped, then set ADMIN_PASSWORD so a stranger cannot claim the first account.

STEP 03

Add your team

Send invite links; each member gets a zero-knowledge vault whose contents even your server cannot read.

What it costs, honestly

Vaultly is $39, once. 1Password Teams at $7.99/user/mo โ€” roughly $96 a year, every year. Five months of 1Password for a five-person team already costs more than Vaultly, which then never charges you a per-seat cent again.

FAQ

Developers ask

Is Vaultly worth it for developers?

Five months of 1Password for a five-person team already costs more than Vaultly, which then never charges you a per-seat cent again. Vaultly costs $39 once; 1Password Teams charges $7.99/user/mo โ€” about $96 a year. For developers, that fixed cost is the whole point: the tool is a one-time line item, not a monthly one.

Is it really free on GitHub?

Yes. Vaultly is MIT-licensed at github.com/bensblueprints/password-manager-selfhosted-mvp and always will be. The $39 buys the packaged 1-click installer and setup; building from source is free.

Where does my data live, and what can the server see?

On your own server, as ciphertext. The server can see email addresses, item counts and timestamps, vault names and audit metadata, but not names, URLs, usernames, passwords or notes, which stay inside the encryption.

Own Vaultly forever โ€” $39