Vaultwarden
Vaultwarden is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Password Managers category, licensed AGPL-3.0 and written mainly in Rust. It is a self-hosted alternative to Bitwarden, 1Password and LastPass and ships a Docker image. It has 69,685 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
- Password Managers
- Rust
- AGPL-3.0
- Docker
- Active
- Featured
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 69,685
- Forks
- 3,369
- Open issues
- 13
- Commits, last 12 months
- 217
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- 1.37.4Oct 5, 2026
- Created
- Feb 17, 2018
- License
- AGPL-3.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 217 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 217 |
| Latest release | 1.37.4 (Oct 5, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 88 |
| Open issues | 13 |
| Open pull requests | 82 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Feb 17, 2018 |
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About Vaultwarden
Lightweight Bitwarden server API implementation written in Rust.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden.
Topics
- vaultwarden
- bitwarden
- rust
- docker
- rocket
- bitwarden-rs
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Is Vaultwarden free and open source?
Yes. Vaultwarden is open-source software released under the AGPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Vaultwarden with Docker?
Yes. Vaultwarden provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. Our step-by-step deploy guide covers the Compose file, HTTPS and backups.
What are the best alternatives to Vaultwarden?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Vaultwarden include Bitwarden, Passbolt and AliasVault. Vaultwarden itself is a self-hosted alternative to Bitwarden, 1Password and LastPass.
Is Vaultwarden actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Vaultwarden was on Oct 25, 2026 with 217 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 1.37.4, published Oct 5, 2026. It had 13 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.