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cortex

cortex is a password manager: multiple accounts and sync across devices.

  • Completely free
  • Open source
  • No account

Overview

cortex is a password manager.

Features described in its GitHub repository: multiple accounts and sync across devices.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A no-nonsense password manager” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Cortex is a secure, multi-account password manager written in Rust.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Version 4.0.0 separates data into isolated accounts, adds encrypted full-database dumps, supports plaintext CSV imports and exports, clears your clipboard automatically, and syncs encrypted vaults across 15 cloud…” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

cortex is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (GPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No account needed
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from GitHub (credit card, account, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use) —
  • Last technical check: 10 November 2026
  • Listing written automatically from verified facts.

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