- · Different clients keep credentials in different tools — one wants 1Password, one wants Bitwarden, one sends Slack DMs
- · You leave a project and the client never quite revokes everything
- · You bring on a subcontractor for a sprint and have to share three logins on the way out
- · You forget which client owns which AWS IAM user
- · You finish a project, archive the repo, and find the staging credentials still in your password manager three years later
Password manager for freelance developers (and solo founders with contractors)
Freelance developers manage credentials for 3–8 clients at once. LitePassword keeps each client isolated and makes offboarding a single click.
- ✓ Client-specific GitHub repos, AWS IAM users, deploy keys
- ✓ Subcontractor invites to client tools (Linear, Notion, Figma)
- ✓ Your own dev infrastructure (Vercel, Render, Cloudflare)
- ✓ Domain registrar logins for client domains
- ✓ Stripe restricted keys for client projects
Password manager for freelance developers team
That's exactly the size LitePassword is shaped around. Same zero-knowledge encryption, same three roles, but priced for freelance developers and solo founders — not enterprise. The Personal or Family plan covers you, and you can start on Free today.
Try free →Password manager for solo founder and contractor
That's exactly the size LitePassword is shaped around. Same zero-knowledge encryption, same three roles, but priced for freelance developers and solo founders — not enterprise. The Personal or Family plan covers you, and you can start on Free today.
Try free →The freelance setup
If you freelance, your credential graph looks different from a startup or agency:
- Your own infrastructure — Vercel/Render/Cloudflare for your portfolio, dev sandboxes, side projects.
- Per-client credentials — IAM users they gave you, deploy keys they generated, staging environments you spun up on their behalf.
- Occasional subcontractor — someone you bring on for a sprint, then offboard cleanly.
The clean pattern: one vault for your own infrastructure, one vault per active client, archive client vaults at end of engagement.
Per-client vaults, isolated by design
Each client vault gets its own encryption key. A subcontractor invited to “Client — Acme” cannot see “Client — Lemon.io” — not because of UI hiding, but because their account does not have the wrapped key for the other vault. This is enforced by cryptography, not by access-control rules.
Why this matters during a screen share
You’re on a call with Client A. You open your password manager to grab a credential. Client A sees the names of every other vault you have. If those vault names include “Client B” — Client B’s competitor — that’s an awkward moment.
In LitePassword you can hide all vaults except the one you’re actively using. The other client names don’t render until you go back to the vault list. (This is also why naming vaults “Client — Name” is better than just “Name” — easier to spot if you accidentally show the list.)
Subcontractor offboarding in 30 seconds
- Users page → row menu on subcontractor → Revoke Access.
- Vault keys rotate. Their device cache becomes undecryptable.
- Optionally: rotate the actual credentials they accessed if you wanted them gone-gone.
Step 3 is the part most people miss. Revoking access in LitePassword stops them from decrypting future ciphertext. It does not rotate the underlying credential. If the subcontractor knew the literal Stripe key, they still know it after you revoke — you need to regenerate the key on Stripe’s side. See How to revoke shared password access when someone leaves for the full pattern.
A note on tool fragmentation
A common freelance complaint is “every client uses a different password manager.” That’s reality. You don’t need to consolidate clients into LitePassword — use whatever they hand you for their credentials. Use LitePassword for credentials you own (your infrastructure, subcontractor invites, staging environments). That boundary is what keeps offboarding clean on both sides.
Try it with your team today.
No credit card. Free for one user. Upgrade only when you bump into the limits.
Related for freelance developers and solo founders
Common questions from freelance developers and solo founders
I freelance solo. Do I need the Family plan?
Probably not. The Personal plan ($1.50/mo) gives you 10 vaults and 50 secrets — enough for ~8 active clients. Bump to Family ($5/mo, up to 5 users) the day you bring on a subcontractor.
How do I keep each client isolated?
One shared vault per client. Inside, group by tool. When you finish the engagement, archive the vault (we keep it; no one new can be invited) and hand the client their access list. Per-client isolation also means the client cannot accidentally see another client's credentials if you ever screen-share.
My client wants me to use their 1Password / Bitwarden. Do I still need my own?
Yes. Use the client tool for credentials they own (their AWS, their Stripe). Use LitePassword for credentials you own (your own dev infrastructure, the staging environments you spin up, your subcontractor invites). Mixing both into the client's tool creates revocation problems on both sides.
I bring on a subcontractor for a 4-week sprint. What is the workflow?
Invite them as View only on Family plan. Grant per-vault access to the one client they will work on. They sign up, set a master password, get a recovery key. After 4 weeks, revoke their account. Vault keys rotate automatically.
A client offboards me. How do I make sure they revoke everything?
Hand them a list of every credential they shared with you and ask them to rotate each one. The client revoking your access on their side does not rotate keys on third-party tools — they need to do that explicitly (rotate Stripe key, regenerate GitHub PAT, etc.). LitePassword cannot do that for them.
Is there a freelancer discount?
No formal discount — Personal at $1.50/mo and Family at $5/mo are already priced for freelance and small-team budgets. If you have an unusual situation, write to support.
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