Vaultwarden
Lightweight Bitwarden server API implementation written in Rust.
Description from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Still maintained? Yes: 79 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 1.37.4 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to 1Password, LastPass and Bitwarden Cloud.
At a glance
Vaultwarden quick facts
- Health score
- 99/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 69,927
- Last commit
- yesterday (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 1.37.4, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Vaultwarden
Full rankings: 1Password alternatives, LastPass alternatives, Bitwarden Cloud alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "An alternative server implementation of the Bitwarden Client API, written in Rust and compatible with official Bitwarden clients [disclaimer], perfect for self-hosted deployment where running the official resource-heavy service might not be ideal."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Vaultwarden scores 99/100, #1 of 7 in Password Managers: 79 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (1.37.4, 25 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 69,927 stars add 19.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). It scores full marks on every term.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
Health over time
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
79 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
1.37.4 released 25 days ago
- Stars 19.4 / 20
70k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 79
- Last 90 days
- 225
- Last 12 months
- yesterday
- Last push
Ranked #1 of 7 tools in Password Managers by health , just above Bitwarden (#2) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | Rust, Docker |
| Latest release | 1.37.4 · 25 days ago |
| Stars | 69,927 |
| Open issues | 13 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | dani-garcia/vaultwarden ↗ |
Vaultwarden vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Vaultwarden (Password Managers), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaultwarden (this tool) | 99 | 70k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Bitwarden | 97 | 21k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Passbolt | 95 | 6.2k | AGPL-3.0 | 10 days ago |
| AliasVault | 94 | 3.3k | MIT | today |
| Teampass | 83 | 1.9k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| Psono | 73 | 6 | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
Vaultwarden: common questions
What does Vaultwarden replace?
Repoly lists Vaultwarden as an open-source alternative to 1Password, LastPass and Bitwarden Cloud. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Vaultwarden stands against the others.
Is Vaultwarden still maintained?
Vaultwarden had 79 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was yesterday; the latest tagged release, 1.37.4, is from 25 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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