Vaultwarden

Bitwarden-compatible self-hosted password server for individuals, families, and small organizations.

Vaultwarden is an open source alternative to 1Password and LastPass. Bitwarden-compatible self-hosted password server for individuals, families, and small organizations. AGPL-3.0 licensed, 63.2k GitHub stars, self-host with Docker, and last released 2026-05-03.

Should you switch?

Use it if

People who want a self-hosted password manager that works with official Bitwarden clients without running the official Bitwarden server.

Skip it if

You need an officially supported Bitwarden deployment or enterprise assurances from the Bitwarden company itself.

Watch out

Vaultwarden is unofficial, maintainers ask users not to file bugs with Bitwarden, and the recommended setup is behind a reverse proxy with TLS.

In the product

Screenshot coming soon

Community proof

"I'm running Vaultwarden because while on the one hand I'd like to just pay a company to make my password problem go away, I don't know who I can actually trust to not try to take advantage of the fact they have all the keys to all my kingdoms at some point."
jerf · hacker_news · 2026-05-18

"If you're going to the trouble of self-hosting, I'd suggest just running vaultwarden. It's entirely compatible with the clients. It also removes a lot of "rug-pull" potential"
horsawlarway · hacker_news · 2026-05-21

Maintenance health

CadenceActive

Last release1.36.0 · 2026-05-03

Can you do it today?

Get started

1. Run with Docker

docker pull vaultwarden/server:latest && docker run --detach --name vaultwarden --restart unless-stopped -v $(pwd)/vw-data:/data -p 80:80 vaultwarden/server:latest

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bitwardenbitwarden-rsdockerrocketrust