Vaultwarden dani-garcia/vaultwarden

Lightweight Rust server compatible with the official Bitwarden apps and browser extensions, built for self-hosting on small machines.

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Vaultwarden at a glance

Checked 15 Oct 2026

Vaultwarden (1.37.4, Oct 2026) is an unofficial Bitwarden-compatible server in Rust, AGPL-3.0. You use the official Bitwarden clients against it. It implements the personal vault, Send, attachments, organisations with sharing, groups and policies, emergency access and 2FA login. It is not affiliated with Bitwarden, Inc. and we found no published third-party audit. Runs as a single container, including on Raspberry Pi; the web vault needs HTTPS. No Bitwarden support; you handle backups and TLS yourself.

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How much of 1Password does it replace?

3 of 6 jobs. Self-hosted vault server; autofill and apps come from the official Bitwarden clients. Feature parity not checked.

Password vault with autofill Partial replacement

Vault sync across devices Partial replacement

Family and team password sharing Partial replacement

Two-factor (TOTP) codes Not covered

Passkey storage Not covered

Breach and weak-password alerts (Watchtower) Not covered

For two-factor (TOTP) codes, passkey storage, breach and weak-password alerts (Watchtower), see other 1Password alternatives. You may also need to build an interface, an API server and hosting yourself.

Facts, with sources

Every answer links to where we found it. We read the documentation; we did not install it.

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Runs on my machine? Self-hosted server (container); clients are the official Bitwarden apps The recommended way to install and use Vaultwarden is via our container images github.com · vaultwarden#usage ↗ 1d ago

Code licence AGPL-3.0 (strong copyleft with network clause) github.com · LICENSE.txt ↗ 1d ago

Model weights licence No separate model weights github.com · vaultwarden#readme ↗ 1d ago

Commercial use Yes under AGPL-3.0; modified versions offered over a network must publish source github.com · LICENSE.txt ↗ 1d ago

Paid services needed? None required A nearly complete implementation of the Bitwarden Client API is provided github.com · vaultwarden#features ↗ 1d ago

Hardware Runs on amd64 and ARM, including Raspberry Pi; RAM needs not documented armv7hf image that should run on Raspberry Pi 2 or newer github.com · Which-container-image-to-use ↗ 1d ago

Operating systems Linux container images (amd64, ARM); clients on all Bitwarden platforms The vaultwarden/server image is also multi-arch github.com · Which-container-image-to-use ↗ 1d ago

Setup effort Medium; one Docker container plus HTTPS (reverse proxy recommended) it will only work if you enable HTTPS. github.com · vaultwarden#usage ↗ 1d ago