Vaultwarden is a Rust-rewrite of the Bitwarden server - fully compatible with the official Bitwarden apps, but you own the database. No monthly subscription, no cloud lock-in, all premium features unlocked. From $3/mo.
Bitwarden Cloud is fine. LastPass was fine, until it wasn't. SaaS password managers are juicy targets because they store everyone's vault in one place - even if encrypted, the attacker has all the time in the world to crack what they took.
Vaultwarden runs your vault on a host nobody's enumerating. Same Bitwarden apps on every device. Same end-to-end encryption. But the database lives on a VPS only you know about.
Your master password never leaves your device. The server stores only the encrypted blob - same as upstream Bitwarden.
Official browser extensions, iOS, Android, desktop - all point at your VPS. Point your Bitwarden client at vault.you.com and go.
The Rust binary uses single-digit megabytes. Pulsar Nano runs Vaultwarden + a reverse proxy with room to spare.
TOTP, attachments, organizations, emergency access - all unlocked by default in Vaultwarden.
Even with attachments and a few users, you'll be at low single-digit RAM.
Most of that is DNS propagation. The actual setup is one Docker command.
docker pull vaultwarden/server:latestPulsar Pro+ includes daily snapshots. If your vault corrupts, roll back to last night.
99.9% SLA. Because the one time you need a password is the time you can't reach your vault.
Your data is encrypted client-side anyway, but we also don't scan, profile, or analyze it.
If your reverse proxy is misbehaving, we'll actually look at the logs with you.
$3/mo is less than Bitwarden Premium and you keep your data on your own metal.