vaultwarden — Launchfile Catalog

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Run locally

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Terminal

$ npx launchfile up vaultwarden

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

Terminal

# Clone the source and run natively
$ git clone https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden
$ cd vaultwarden
$ npx launchfile up --native

For local development. Requires macOS + Homebrew. Clones the source, installs runtimes and databases via Homebrew, and runs the app natively — no containers.

Image:vaultwarden/server:latest

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# 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:latest
provides:
  - protocol: http
    port: 80
    exposed: true
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 (required for WebAuthn/U2F)"
storage:
  data:
    path: /data
    persistent: true
restart: always

Test Results

Last Tested

2026-04-06

Health Check

Passing

Startup Time

61s

Total Disk

251 MB

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Spec references for features used in this Launchfile.

storage env expressions ($)