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Vaultwarden

A lightweight, self-hosted Bitwarden-compatible server.

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sovereignty

Vaultwarden is a resource-light server that speaks the Bitwarden protocol, so you run your own vault backend and use the official Bitwarden clients against it. It fits on the smallest VPS or a homelab box.

OPEN SOURCEAGPL-3.0SELF-HOSTLOCAL-FIRST
Website ↗Source ↗Docs ↗
LicenseAGPL-3.0
PricingFree / self-host
Open sourceYes
Self-hostableYes
Local-first dataYes

What it does well

  • +Runs on tiny hardware
  • +Works with official Bitwarden apps
  • +You fully own the vault data

Where it falls short

  • −You are responsible for backups and TLS
  • −Unofficial (community) server

Vaultwarden as an alternative to

Where Vaultwarden shows up in our comparisons, and how it ranked.

Alternatives to 1Password

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Vaultwarden head-to-head

Straight comparisons against the tools people weigh it against.

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