OneTimeSuite Blog · 2026

5 Free & Open-Source Alternatives to 1Password

Looking for a free or open-source alternative to 1Password? Keyloop is the closest direct swap — MIT-licensed source on GitHub, or a $19 one-time packaged install. Since you're already auditing what you pay 1Password every month, here are four more pay-once tools from the same catalog worth a look while you're at it — different jobs, same idea: buy the software once instead of renting it forever.

1. Keyloop — replaces 1Password

A desktop TOTP authenticator with an encrypted local vault and encrypted, QR and URI exports. $19 once vs 1Password's $2.99+/mo. Free on GitHub, or the packaged installer on Whop.

See Keyloop → · Source on GitHub

2. Keymaster — Ed25519-signed license keys your apps verify offline, seat limits, signed downloads & webhooks.

Replaces Keygen (from $99/mo). $49 once. See Keymaster →

3. Ledgerlite Home — Local-first zero-based budgeting with CSV import, payee rules and net-worth tracking.

Replaces YNAB ($14.99/mo). $15 once. See Ledgerlite Home →

4. Ledgerly — Expenses, budgets, multi-currency, recurring templates and in-browser receipt OCR — no cloud, no per-seat fee.

Replaces Expensify ($5/user/mo). $29 once. See Ledgerly →

5. Lessonforge — Self-hosted LMS with modules, quizzes, progress tracking and PDF certificates — payments run through your own Stripe.

Replaces Teachable ($39+/mo). $49 once. See Lessonforge →

Why this list is worth bookmarking

Every app above is a one-time purchase with MIT-licensed source, no accounts with us and no telemetry. None of them are trying to be the next 1Password — they're trying to be the last subscription you pay for that specific job.

Try Keyloop — $19, once

A desktop TOTP authenticator with an encrypted local vault and encrypted, QR and URI exports.