Bytessence PasswordManager

Bytessence PasswordManager is a free / open source personal information management tool, created for storing data like logins and passwords for different websites. While many internet services use such logins, the quantity of passwords people need to remember grows dramatically, reaching a point where they will use universal passwords or they will write them inside simple text files, making them a potential victim of data theft.

BPM was designed to be light, small and easy to use. It features active protection capabilities like a configurable boss key (hides BPM from the screen completely or restores it), automatic clipboard clearing (after a number of seconds the clipboard is cleared to get rid of any sensitive information), automatic close of open containers (useful in case you leave your PC unprotected) and automatic backup when saving files.

BPM can also be extended with plugins in the form of tools (virtual keyboard to avoid your keystrokes to be intercepted by hardware keyloggers, password analyzer and generator), importers and exporters. Best of all, BPM is open source so you can have a look under the hood and even help fix bugs or send suggestions for future versions.

Features

• Small and fast, no runtimes are needed
• Easy to use, clean and intuitive interface
• Advanced group and entry management (data movement, editing, searching, sorting, etc.)
• Supports file attachments (with preview via plugins)
• Powerful, 256 bit AES (Rijndael) data protection
• Extendable with plugins (tools, importers, exporters, attachment previewers) - 14 included
• Enhanced security features (boss key, automatic clearing of clipboard contents, automatic closing of open containers, automatic container backup)
• Supports drag and drop operations (for opening files and dragging data to other programs)
• Portable (can be used from USB flash drives)
• Open source code, licensed under GNU General Public License version 3

System requirements

• 233 MHz processor (or better)
• 64 MB RAM
• 4 MB of free disk space
• Operating system: Windows(TM) NT 4.0, 2K, XP, Vista, 7 (32bit)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

Screenshots

BPM main user interface

Adding a new entry

Running plugins

What's new in version 4.1

• Added an option to turn off the program quit confirmation
• Added a check to restrict the program from running on Win 95,98 and ME
• Fixed a problem with some URLs not being opened in the default browser
• Fixed entry searching not working correctly
• Fixed the drag-and-drop problems with masked fields
• Optimized the logging library (program will be faster when run from memory sticks)
• Made some minor modifications to the error callback
• Removed the password confirmation field from the password dialog (when opening containers)

Download BPM

You can download BPM from the links below. If you would like to use BPM from a memory stick or similar device, it's recommended to download the portable version, otherwise you'll most probably find the installer version more convenient. Please make sure to uninstall older versions before installing the current release to avoid any conflicts. To check the integrity of the downloaded files you can use our freeware MD5 calculator available here.

Note to webmasters: If you would like to link to the download, please link to this page instead of the files directly.

Frequently asked questions