Proton Pass is getting folders, an SSH agent, and other features later this year

Proton says it will need to rework its cryptography model to support folders, with biometric unlock coming to the extension later this year.

The Proton team has released the spring and summer roadmap for their password manager, Proton Pass, bringing several improvements, like folders and a new SSH agent, among others.

Starting with folders, Proton says this feature will "require some rethinking of our cryptography model" and expects it to be available in the coming months. When it launches, you will be able to organize your credentials and notes into dedicated folders and even subfolders, and then share those specific folders just like you already can with individual items or entire vaults.

Last June, Proton rolled out support for Custom Items, allowing users to create specific templates for storing unique data formats such as Wi-Fi network credentials, passports, licenses, and, of course, SSH keys.

Now, Proton says it is working on an SSH agent that lets you use those SSH keys already stored in your vault for your actual Git and terminal workflows. This feature will bring it up to par with more established password managers like 1Password and Bitwarden, which developers have used for this exact purpose for some time. The goal is to let you authenticate SSH sessions or sign Git commits using a simple biometric prompt from the desktop app, keeping the private keys off your local disk.

The Proton Pass extension is getting support for biometric unlock, using your computer's fingerprint sensor or Face ID. The initial rollout will be limited to macOS and Chromium-based browsers, with support for more platforms and browsers to follow later. Other updates Proton is making to the extension include adding iFrame autofill support to handle login forms embedded on complicated sites, like banking portals, and a full offline mode.

Since its launch in mid-2023, Proton has been aggressively pushing updates to Proton Pass. Throughout 2024 and 2025, the password manager got neat features like full passkey support, dedicated desktop apps for Windows, macOS, and Linux, the Pass Monitor security dashboard, Secure Links for sharing with non-users, encrypted file attachments, custom item types, and even a command-line interface.

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