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Vaultwarden

Lightweight unofficial Bitwarden-compatible server, works with all official Bitwarden clients.

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63,947 GitHub stars Last commit: 12 days ago Last release: 78 days ago Open issues: 59 License: AGPL-3.0

Hardware

RAM minimum128 MB
RAM recommended512 MB
CPU idle0.01 cores
CPU recommended1 core
ARM supportFull

Access & auth

Needs reverse proxy✓ Yes
OIDC support✗ No
LDAP support✗ No
Multi-user✓ Yes
Mobile appBoth

Operations

MaturityStable
Maintenance burdenVery low
Setup difficultyEasy
Backup methodSQLite file copy (single file)

Leaving the cloud

Migration difficultyVery easy

Replaces

1PasswordBitwarden CloudLastPass

Relationships

Install via

Docker ComposeDocker Official

Works well with

AutheliaCaddyTraefik

Recommended backup

Native/Manual

Our notes

One of the best resource-to-value ratios on this whole list — under 50MB idle, runs on a Pi Zero 2W. No native OIDC/LDAP; put it behind Authelia or Authentik if you need SSO. Uses the real Bitwarden mobile/browser apps, so migration for end users is painless.