What are the best open-source alternatives to Bitwarden?

The top open-source self-hostable alternatives to Bitwarden include vaultwarden, server. Each can be self-hosted on standard cloud providers from a few dollars a month.

How much does it cost to self-host an open-source Bitwarden alternative?

The cheapest open-source Bitwarden alternative on this list self-hosts from $4.13/mo on real hosting providers. Bitwarden starts at $1/mo.

Which open-source Bitwarden alternative is most actively maintained?

vaultwarden ranks highest on the ossreplace health score (composite of activity, maturity, community, security, sustainability, and adoption) at 81/100.

2 open-source alternatives · Updated daily

Bitwarden charges $1–$6 per user per month.

Open-source alternatives to Bitwarden

2 self-hostable open-source projects that replace Bitwarden, ranked by computed health score with real self-hosting cost.

Deploy vaultwarden on hetzner → $4.13/mo See top pick: vaultwarden

OSS alternatives

$4.13

Cheapest /mo

$1+

Bitwarden /mo

Why people leave Bitwarden

Hosted plan still cheap, but data lives on Bitwarden's servers
Premium for self-hosting attachment uploads
Audit log + advanced 2FA gated to Enterprise
Some users want zero third-party trust

Vaultwarden is the Rust-rewritten Bitwarden server, same browser/mobile clients, runs in 256MB RAM.

The 2 alternatives, ranked by health

Health score is a 6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

vaultwarden

by dani-garcia

81/100

Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs

Rust AGPL-3.0

★60k

$4.13/mo

⚙1/5

server

by bitwarden

79/100

Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).

C# NOASSERTION

★19k

$4.13/mo

⚙3/5

Cost comparison vs Bitwarden

Self-hosting cost on cheapest plan meeting requirements vs Bitwarden entry tier ($1/mo).

Project	Self-host /mo	Bitwarden /mo	Save /yr
vaultwarden	$4.13	$1+	,	Deploy →
server	$4.13	$1+	,	Deploy →

Pick your alternative

Most operators land on vaultwarden (top health score in this category; cheapest VPS path is vaultwarden on hetzner for $4.13/mo).

See vaultwarden details →

Data refreshed daily. Pricing for Bitwarden sourced from official site.