Open Source Self-Hosted Bitwarden Alternatives

There are many alternatives to Bitwarden as a self-hosted solution if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Self-Hosted alternative is Vaultwarden. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Bitwarden and many of them are open source and available as a self-hosted solution so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Self-Hosted alternatives to Bitwarden are AliasVault, LessPass, Passbolt and Psono.

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Bitwarden alternatives are mainly Password Managers, but if you're looking for Authenticators or Team Collaboration Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Self-Hosted, Free, Password Management and Self-Hosted + Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Bitwarden.
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  1. Vaultwarden icon
     50 likes

    Lightweight, self-hosted server written in Rust, fully compatible with Bitwarden clients, implements the Bitwarden server API, supports organizations, attachments, web interface, website icon API, YubiKey, Duo, and multiple two-factor authentication options.

    20 Vaultwarden alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
     
  2. AliasVault icon
     40 likes

    End-to-end encrypted solution for managing passwords, generating alternative aliases and email addresses, encrypting data locally, and providing both built-in email and alias generation. Offers optional cloud or self-hosting, is open-source, and helps prevent online tracking.

    75 AliasVault alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  3. LessPass icon
     48 likes

    LessPass is an open source password manager. Instead of syncing a database of passwords, it generates them locally every time you put in a domain name, login and master password. There is no central database for hackers to break into.

    194 LessPass alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Python
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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    Comments about LessPass as an Alternative to Bitwarden
    RemovedUser
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    Open-source, completely new system for managing passwords. Thus a real alternative...

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • LessPass is Free and Open SourceBitwarden is Freemium and Open Source
  4. Passbolt icon
     26 likes

    Passbolt is an open source password manager for teams. It allows to securely share and store credentials. For instance, the wifi password of your office, or the administrator password of a router, or your organisation social media account password, all of them can be secured...

    198 Passbolt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  5. Psono icon
     15 likes

    The Psono password manager keeps hackers out and your passwords secure. Psono is free and open source and available for Windows, Linux and Mac. Organize your passwords now!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Chromium
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Docker
     
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    Comments about Psono as an Alternative to Bitwarden
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    Capable of being self-hosted like Bitwarden. Has a lot of the same functionality though not as polished.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Psono is Freemium and Open SourceBitwarden is also Freemium and Open Source
  6. Padloc icon
     26 likes

    Padloc not only helps you remember all your passwords, it also securely stores credit cards, notes, documents and more!

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  7. Passit icon
     9 likes

    Passit is an open-source, cloud-based password manager. Passit uses the modern and battle-tested libsodium cryptography package to encrypt data in such a way that even we can't access.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Passky icon
     4 likes

    Simple, modern, open source and secure password manager.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. PassPilot icon
     2 likes

    Free password manager that you can keep for yourself in a single HTML file. Client side AES encryption, trust no one policy, off the grid password manager. Take full control of your data online or offline.

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • HTML
     
  10. #sysPass icon
     6 likes

    sysPass is a web password manager written in PHP that allows the password management in a centralized way and in a multiuser environment.

    46 #sysPass alternatives

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
     
  11. CarryPass icon
     Like

    CarryPass is a privacy-first password manager that runs entirely in your browser as a Progressive Web App (PWA). It uses deterministic password generation (Argon2 + PBKDF2 + AES-CTR) and AES-GCM encryption for vaults.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Store and access passwords and other accounts details within your organization. Using end-to-end encryption, data shared with individuals or groups is always protected.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
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