Bitwarden vs Vaultwarden

Both are self-hosted password managers projects. This page compares how well each one is actually maintained — the part you cannot see from a feature list.

Bitwarden scores 89 against Vaultwarden's 65, putting it clearly ahead on the strength of a higher commit volume and a stronger recent trend. That measures project health, not feature fit — Vaultwarden may still be the right choice if it does what you need.

	Bitwarden	Vaultwarden
Health score	89/100	65/100
Commits (11 mo)	1510	169
Commits (last 3 mo)	437	31
Stars	20k	68k
Latest release	22 Sept 2026	13 Sept 2026
Licence	AGPL-3.0	GPL-3.0
Built with	Docker, C#	Rust, Docker
Typical RAM	2 GB	2 GB

Bitwarden

Password manager with a webapp, browser extension, and mobile app.

89/100

Thriving

High commit volume, frequent releases and growing activity.

Maintenance 34/40

Releases 25/25

Community 18/20

Momentum 12/15

Commit activity more than 86% of tracked projects; popularity more than 88%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

Vaultwarden

Lightweight Bitwarden server API implementation written in Rust.

65/100

Steady

Maintained, but at a slower pace than the leaders in its category.

Maintenance 16/40

Releases 25/25

Community 20/20

Momentum 4/15

Commit activity more than 40% of tracked projects; popularity more than 98%. How this is calculated.

Commits, last 11 months

How to read this

Everything above is measured, not opinion: commit counts and release dates come from the public repositories, and the health score ranks each project against all 1352 projects we track. Read the full method.

What this comparison deliberately does not do is tell you which has the better feature set. Maintenance health tells you which project will still be receiving security fixes in two years. Decide that first, then compare features on the projects that survive the filter.

See every option in this category: self-hosted password managers.