Find answers to common questions about AliasVault below.
What AliasVault is and where it runs.
AliasVault is a password manager built with a strong focus on privacy, making it the ideal choice for privacy-conscious individuals. All your data is safely stored inside your own personal vault and encrypted with your master password that never leaves your device. No one but you (not even us) can see inside your vault.
AliasVault also features a built-in email server that allows you to create unique email addresses (aliases) for different services. If you care about controlling your digital identity, preventing spam, and reducing your exposure in data breaches, AliasVault helps you manage credentials and aliases securely.
Fully open-source and transparent. No third-party dependencies.
Yes! You can create and login with passkeys via the AliasVault browser extension, iOS and Android mobile apps. Passkeys are securely stored in your fully encrypted vault and automatically synced across all your devices, ensuring seamless and secure access wherever you need it.
AliasVault works on all major platforms: web, desktop, and mobile.
You can access your vault through the AliasVault web app, browser extensions, or by downloading the mobile apps, ensuring you always have access to your vault no matter the device.
If the AliasVault cloud service isn't working as expected, you can check the real-time service status and incident history on our status page. It shows any ongoing incidents or planned maintenance. If there are no incidents and you're still experiencing problems, please contact us at support@aliasvault.com.
How your data is protected.
Security is the foundation of AliasVault. End-to-end encryption (AES-256-GCM) is used to encrypt all your data. Everything, including usernames, passwords and even email contents, is encrypted on your device. Even on our servers, your information stays encrypted, protected by your master password, which only you know. Our strict zero-knowledge architecture guarantees that no one (not even us) can access your vault.
For in-depth technical details, read our security whitepaper.
Import, export and backups.
Yes! AliasVault makes it easy to migrate your credentials from other password managers. We support importing from popular services including 1Password, Bitwarden, Chrome, Dashlane, Firefox, KeePass, KeePassXC, Proton Pass, and Strongbox.
Simply export your data from your current password manager and use AliasVault's import function in the web app to seamlessly transfer all your credentials, notes, 2FA codes and other data.
Plus, AliasVault also includes export functionality, so if you ever decide to switch to another service in the future, you can easily take your data with you. You have full control over your data.
How email aliases work.
AliasVault includes a built-in email server that allows you to create unique email addresses (aliases) for different services.
When someone sends an email to your alias, it's received directly in AliasVault and immediately encrypted, helping you maintain privacy and reduce spam.
Currently there are two main restrictions:
In the future, optional paid subscriptions will lift these restrictions. Email storage on the free cloud tier is subject to fair use.
Running AliasVault yourself.
Yes, AliasVault is designed from the ground up to be fully self-hosted. You can easily deploy it on your own server using Docker, giving you complete control over your data and infrastructure. AliasVault comes with an automatic install script which makes installation a breeze.
Detailed installation instructions are available in our documentation.
For most people, the official cloud is the simplest choice. There is no server setup, your vault syncs across devices right away, and you are always on the latest version with updates applied for you. All data is end-to-end encrypted at all times.
If you want everything in your own hands, you can self-host as well. You run AliasVault on your own server or VPS with no limits from us beyond your own hardware, and you can use your own domain on your infrastructure. Experience with Docker is required.
Both options use the same open-source software. See our source code & docs to get started with self-hosting.
Free and paid plans.
AliasVault is free to use with all of its current features, both on the official cloud and when you self-host. The core product will always stay free.
After our first official 1.0 release, we'll introduce optional Premium and Family plans on the official cloud for people who want more, such as higher limits, automatic snapshots and custom domains. These paid options help fund continued development and hosting costs. See our pricing page for details.
If you'd like to support the project in the meantime, donations are very welcome. Visit our contact page for more information.
Yes. We will always offer a free cloud tier and a free, open-source self-hosted option. Features that matter for privacy and security will not go behind a paywall.
Fair-use limits on shared cloud resources help keep hosting sustainable. They are not meant to lock you out of core functionality.
We offer a free tier because of our mission. We believe privacy is a right, not a luxury. Our mission is to put control back into the hands of users, helping them stay secure and anonymous online.
We are self-funded with enough reserves to run sustainably and built AliasVault lean: a small team, no big offices, no investors. No pressure to shrink the free tier, sell your data, or chase growth at your expense. Optional paid plans after v1.0 and community support help long term; the core product stays free.
The cloud free tier includes every product feature: password manager, passkeys, 2FA, email aliases, offline mode, extensions, mobile apps, and more. Fair-use limits apply only to shared cloud resources: how many email aliases you use, how much vault and email storage you consume, and how backups are handled.
These limits prevent abuse and keep the free tier viable for everyone. Specific numbers will be communicated clearly before any change. Self-hosted users are not subject to our cloud fair-use policy.
Who we are.
AliasVault is an open-source project founded by Leendert de Borst, a software developer and architect from The Netherlands. In 2013 he launched asdasd.nl, a Dutch temporary email service that grew into the multilingual SpamOK.com. Over the years it became clear that protecting your inbox alone wasn't enough, so in 2024 he started building AliasVault: one place for unique passwords and email aliases, end-to-end encrypted and self-hostable.
The project is entirely self-funded, with no external investors or venture capital. We answer to our users and our mission, and our roadmap follows community needs rather than investor pressure. Optional donations and the upcoming Premium and Family plans help sustain development, while the open-source core and the self-hosted option stay central to what we build.
The official cloud runs on dedicated servers in Germany, Finland, the Netherlands and France: geographically separated to avoid single points of failure, and fully compliant with the European GDPR.
Read the full story on our About page.
Yes. We build AliasVault with a long-term vision, not with a quick exit in mind. The product is never "done"; we keep developing, improving, and refining AliasVault continuously to give users the best possible experience over the long term.
Our spiritual predecessor, SpamOK.com, has been running since 2013. That is more than 13 years of uninterrupted service helping people fight spam and protect their privacy online. The same long-term mindset applies to AliasVault.
Get in touch and we'll help you out.