Bitwarden
★ 20.3kA self-hosted alternative to 1password
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0Open Source — No Paywall3 Containers — 3 containers — light hosting footprintDocker · SourceNo external DB17 documented maintainers
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Bitwarden Server is the backend project for Bitwarden’s client ecosystem. It contains the APIs, database, and supporting infrastructure used by Bitwarden applications, and is intended for developers...
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Features
- backend APIs
- database
- core infrastructure
- cross-platform deployment
- production container images
- SCIM
- SSO
- billing services
- notifications
Details
- Last Updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- Created
- Nov 23, 2015
- Install Methods
- dockersource
- Requirements
- DockerDocker ComposeC#.NET CoreASP.NET CoreSQL Server
- Authentication
- oidc-ssosamlldap
- API
- REST
- Runtime / Stack
- DockerC#
- Privacy & Independence
- Cloud: Optional
- User Model
- Multi-UserMulti-Tenant
- Deployment
Deployment: Docker Compose ✓3 Containers — light hosting footprintRuns as 3 containers
Docker Compose
3 services · 2 unclassified (dotnet, mailcatcher)
no resource limits declared
needs persistent storage (5 volumes)
.devcontainer/bitwarden_common/docker-compose.yml · @ cdb8648 · scanned Sep 23, 2026
services:
bitwarden_server:
image: mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/dotnet:10.0
volumes:
- ../../:/workspace:cached
env_file:
- path: ../../dev/.env
required: false
# Overrides default command so things don't shut down after the process ends.
command: sleep infinity
bitwarden_mssql:
image: mcr.microsoft.com/mssql/server:2025-latest
platform: linux/amd64
restart: unless-stopped
env_file:
- path: ../../dev/.env
required: false
environment:
ACCEPT_EULA: "Y"
# ...
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