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 AliasVault. 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 Vaultwarden, Passbolt, LessPass and Psono.

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  1. AliasVault icon
    Official Partner
     76 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Docker
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Safari
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  2. Vaultwarden icon
     69 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Cloudron
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  3. Passbolt icon
     32 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...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Microsoft Edge
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  4. AliasVault screenshot

    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.

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    • Docker
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • NL flagNetherlands
  5. LessPass icon
     49 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • Docker
    • Python
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  6. Psono icon
     20 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

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2017

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  7. 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

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2015

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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  8. 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

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  9. Cryptex Vault icon
     4 likes

    Cryptex Vault is an open source password manager for passwords, passkeys, SSH keys and time-based verification codes. Your vault is stored encrypted on each of your devices, not on a central server, and you can create and use it without an account.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • Docker
    • Google Chrome
    • F-Droid
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  10. CarryPass icon
     Like

    CarryPass is a privacy-first password manager and team credential-sharing tool that runs entirely in your browser as a Progressive Web App (PWA). It uses Argon2id and HKDF for deterministic password generation and AES-GCM encryption for local storage and shareable vaults.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2025

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  11. 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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • HTML
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  12. #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.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • PHP
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  13. Passky icon
     3 likes

    Simple, modern, open source and secure password manager.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Since

    • Since 2021

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
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