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Best open source password managers

The best open source password manager is Vaultwarden, with 68,572 GitHub stars, the AGPL-3.0 license and a Docker image; Bitwarden and Passbolt are strong alternatives. The overall ranking weighs GitHub stars, commits in the last year, Docker images, open-source licenses and recent commits across the 5 apps in the password managers category of the appsgit catalog.

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Top picks

  1. Rank 1:

    Vaultwarden

    dani-garcia/vaultwarden

    Lightweight Bitwarden server API implementation written in Rust.

    FeaturedPassword ManagersRustDocker

    Vaultwarden has 68,572 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 181 commits in the last year; it replaces Bitwarden and 1Password.

  2. Rank 2:

    Bitwarden

    bitwarden/server

    Password manager with a webapp, browser extension, and mobile app.

    Password ManagersC#Docker

    Bitwarden has 20,244 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,544 commits in the last year; it replaces Bitwarden and 1Password.

  3. Rank 3:

    Passbolt

    passbolt/passbolt_api

    Collaborative password manager.

    Password ManagersPHPDocker

    Passbolt has 6,149 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,530 commits in the last year; it replaces Bitwarden and 1Password.

Full ranking

All 5 picks, ranked

5 of the 5 apps in the password managers category, ranked on GitHub stars, commits in the last year, Docker images, open-source licenses and recent commits.

  1. 1

    Vaultwarden

    Lightweight Bitwarden server API implementation written in Rust.

    Vaultwarden has 68,572 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 181 commits in the last year; it replaces Bitwarden and 1Password.

  2. 2

    Bitwarden

    Password manager with a webapp, browser extension, and mobile app.

    Bitwarden has 20,244 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,544 commits in the last year; it replaces Bitwarden and 1Password.

  3. 3

    Passbolt

    Collaborative password manager.

    Passbolt has 6,149 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 1,530 commits in the last year; it replaces Bitwarden and 1Password.

  4. 4

    AliasVault

    End-to-end encrypted password manager with a built-in email alias generator and server.

    AliasVault has 3,154 GitHub stars, uses the AGPL-3.0 license, ships a Docker image and had 2,646 commits in the last year; it replaces Bitwarden and 1Password.

  5. 5

    Teampass

    Password manager dedicated for managing passwords in a collaborative way. One symmetric key is used to encrypt all shared/team passwords and stored server side in a file and the database. works on…

    Teampass has 1,831 GitHub stars, uses the GPL-3.0 license and had 2,564 commits in the last year; it replaces Bitwarden and 1Password.

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What is the best open source password manager?

The best open source password manager is Vaultwarden, with 68,572 GitHub stars, the AGPL-3.0 license and a Docker image; Bitwarden and Passbolt are strong alternatives. The overall ranking weighs GitHub stars, commits in the last year, Docker images, open-source licenses and recent commits across the 5 apps in the password managers category of the appsgit catalog.

Is Vaultwarden free?

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 self-host these password managers with Docker?

Yes, 4 of the 5 picks. Vaultwarden, Bitwarden and Passbolt publish Docker images, so you can run them on a VPS or home server with Docker Compose. The others install from their own packages or source; follow each project's install guide.

Are all of these password managers open source?

All 5 apps on this list are open source. You can self-host and modify each one under its license.

Which of these password managers is the most actively developed?

AliasVault, with 2,646 commits in the last 12 months and a latest release, 0.30.7, from September 2026. Activity is a good sign that bugs and security issues get fixed.

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