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vaultwarden

Tested

Self-hosted password manager — works with all Bitwarden apps and browser extensions

vaultwarden screenshot

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Run locally

Tested and verified to launch successfully.

Terminal
$ npx launchfile up vaultwarden

Requires Docker Desktop. No source code needed — pulls pre-built images and starts vaultwarden with all dependencies.

Image:vaultwarden/server:1.37.2
LaunchfileView on GitHub
# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://launchfile.dev/schema/v1
version: launch/v1
name: vaultwarden
description: "Self-hosted password manager — works with all Bitwarden apps and browser extensions"
repository: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden
logo: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/main/resources/vaultwarden-icon.svg

image: vaultwarden/server:1.37.2
provides:
  - name: web
    protocol: http
    port: 80
    exposed: true
requires:
  # The web vault needs a secure context for the Web Crypto API; over plain
  # HTTP it decrypts nothing while the container looks healthy (README.md:62).
  - type: https-origin
    endpoint: web
    set_env:
      DOMAIN: $url
supports:
  - type: postgres
    set_env:
      DATABASE_URL: $url
env:
  ADMIN_TOKEN:
    generator: secret
    sensitive: true
    description: "Token for accessing the admin panel"
  SIGNUPS_ALLOWED:
    default: "true"
    description: "Whether new user signups are allowed"
  DOMAIN:
    default: $app.url
    description: "Public URL Vaultwarden is served from; its web vault needs HTTPS and a secure context for Web Crypto, beyond WebAuthn/U2F"
storage:
  data:
    path: /data
    persistent: true
restart: always

Test Results

Last Tested

2026-09-11

Health Check

Passing

Startup Time

61s

Total Disk

83 MB

Required Services

https-origin

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