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Vaultwarden on VPS

Unofficial Bitwarden-compatible password manager server written in Rust

GitHub stars
~69500
License
AGPL-3.0
Docker
Yes
GPU
Not required

Requirements

Minimum and recommended VPS specs

Badges are attached to each value. An estimate is never presented as an official project requirement.

Vaultwarden hardware requirements
ResourceMinimumRecommended
RAM512 MB Estimated1 GB Estimated
CPU1 vCPU Estimated1 vCPU Estimated
Disk5 GB EstimatedNot stated Not stated

Disk figures describe the application footprint recorded in the dataset. Personal media, documents, backups and other user data can require substantially more storage.

RunOnVPS sizing suggestion

Suggested VPS tier

1 GB RAM tier

This is our sizing suggestion, derived from Vaultwarden’s recommended RAM of 1 GB. It is not an official requirement and it does not guarantee that every workload, plug-in set or media library will fit comfortably.

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Deployment

Docker & GPU

Docker support: Yes

GPU: Not required

Check the source notes below before assuming a GPU, transcoding workload or machine-learning feature is included in the baseline deployment.

Commercial alternative

What it can replace

Bitwarden (cloud)

Vaultwarden is catalogued here as a self-hosted alternative to Bitwarden (cloud). Feature parity varies, so compare your required workflow before migrating.

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Source check

Important notes

Official repo does not state a minimum RAM/CPU/disk (checked 2026-10-24); estimates based on the official single-container Docker deployment with default SQLite. Official README recommends its container images (vaultwarden/server). Stars 69546 on the GitHub repo page at check date; stars approximate as of 2026-10-24.

Data source: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

Project repository: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

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