{"slug": "vaultwarden", "name": "Vaultwarden", "category": "security", "category_name": "Security and passwords", "description": "Lightweight, self-hostable Bitwarden-compatible password manager server written in Rust.", "recommenders": 16, "commenters": 27, "warners": 1, "score": 15.936, "rising": 2.73, "first": "2026-02-06", "latest": "2026-10-12", "why": "HN commenters recommend it as a lean, easy-to-self-host Bitwarden server that works with the official Bitwarden apps and makes switching from 1Password quick.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 16, "neutral": 9, "compare": 1, "warn": 1}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 7, 0, 1, 0, 4, 2], "listed": true, "loved": ["Easy self-hosting", "Bitwarden client compatibility"], "caveat": "Self-hosting risk", "short_quote": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden.  Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": "github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden", "official_url": "https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden", "pricing": "open source", "aliases": ["Vaultwarden"], "verdict": [{"text": "HN commenters recommend it as a lean, easy-to-self-host Bitwarden server", "cites": [{"id": 771606528, "item_id": 48225408, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225408", "by": "fpauser", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Thats why I use vaultwarden. I also like the fact, that vaultwarden is written in rust and does not consume a lot of resources, which is great for selfhosting.", "excerpt": "Thats why I use vaultwarden. I also like the fact, that vaultwarden is written in rust and does not consume a lot of resources, which is great for selfhosting.", "context": "self-hoster", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can"}, {"id": 767844849, "item_id": 47990303, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990303", "by": "subhobroto", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Vaultwarden is a very lean implementation of Bitwarden", "excerpt": "Vaultwarden is a very lean implementation of Bitwarden but if you want to look into an alternative to the Bitwarden ecosystem, I recommend - AliasVault https://github.com/aliasvault/aliasvault - check it out!", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted Bitwarden server", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden"}, {"id": 792748288, "item_id": 49546768, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546768", "by": "netniuq", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible).", "excerpt": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible). You can also directly run Bitwarden, but Vaultwarden is easier to self-host, especially OIDCwarden is nice if SSO is your cup of tea. I don't like Bitwarden's UI as much as 1Password's, but at least it feels faster.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 800559936, "item_id": 50034996, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034996", "by": "sliken", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden.  Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup", "excerpt": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden. Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup, and you can use bitwarden's phone client. I'm curious why other self hosters think it's a bad idea.", "context": "self-hoster", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}]}, {"text": " that works with the official Bitwarden apps", "cites": [{"id": 800559936, "item_id": 50034996, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034996", "by": "sliken", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden.  Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup", "excerpt": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden. Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup, and you can use bitwarden's phone client. I'm curious why other self hosters think it's a bad idea.", "context": "self-hoster", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 792748288, "item_id": 49546768, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546768", "by": "netniuq", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible).", "excerpt": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible). You can also directly run Bitwarden, but Vaultwarden is easier to self-host, especially OIDCwarden is nice if SSO is your cup of tea. I don't like Bitwarden's UI as much as 1Password's, but at least it feels faster.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 771612129, "item_id": 48225758, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225758", "by": "culi", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Vaultwarden looks neat:", "excerpt": "https://alternativeto.net/software/bitwarden--free-password-manager/ Honestly after years of resistance I've finally partially embraced Apple's solution and have to admit it works great. I love that Hide My Email is integrated into it so well too Vaultwarden looks neat: > Lightweight, self-hosted server written in Rust, fully compatible with Bitwarden clients, implements the Bitwarden server API, supports organizatio", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted Bitwarden server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can"}]}, {"text": " and makes switching from 1Password quick.", "cites": [{"id": 793022369, "item_id": 49563898, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49563898", "by": "wookmaster", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "locally hosted Bitwarden(Vaultwarden) 6 months ago and I don't miss anything.", "excerpt": "You'll have to add some actual reasoning to this, I switched from 1password to locally hosted Bitwarden(Vaultwarden) 6 months ago and I don't miss anything.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password server", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "1Password Replied to My Disappointment"}, {"id": 792964224, "item_id": 49560264, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49560264", "by": "pfych", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I migrated to self hosted bitwarden (vaultwarden) on my Nix VPS.", "excerpt": "I migrated to self hosted bitwarden (vaultwarden) on my Nix VPS. Using the CXP integration in the iOS 1Password/Bitwarden apps made bringing over my OTP codes, Passkeys and passwords super easy. It didn't bring over my attached files though, but easy enough to manually do that. Was able to get it setup, migrated and 1Pass sub cancelled in less than an hour. FYI, I was briefly having issues with the iOS and Desktop bi", "context": "runs a Nix VPS", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}]}, {"text": " The most common caveat is the security risk of self-hosting something this critical,", "cites": [{"id": 800708832, "item_id": 50044302, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50044302", "by": "phoghed", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I quit self hosting vaultwarden because in the age of the LLM security is an arms race that I\u2019m not going to win.", "excerpt": "I quit self hosting vaultwarden because in the age of the LLM security is an arms race that I\u2019m not going to win. Switched to Apple Passwords.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 792751521, "item_id": 49546970, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546970", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting", "excerpt": "I really enjoy Proton Pass (but I have a paid subscription so I have passmail aliasses as well). I've been going full passkeys recently, no issues yet. Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting (of something this critical), and I really didn't like how you share credentials in BitWarden (through organizations), Proton Pass is much more intuitive with just straight up sharing of", "context": "", "use_case": "password management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 770419376, "item_id": 48151211, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151211", "by": "Goofy_Coyote", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I could always self-host (VaultWarden) at home behind Tailscale", "excerpt": "This is very sad. I wasn\u2019t paying for the code tbh, I could always self-host (VaultWarden) at home behind Tailscale, it was all about the management, uptime, and most importantly, supporting a good software I used and loved for years. Sad, really. I\u2019ll either move to self-hosting it at home behind TS, or going back to keepass tbh, anyway, I\u2019m not staying on a sinking ship. P.S: VaultWarden had a few bad CVEs this yea", "context": "self-hosted home user sharing with family", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager for family", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site"}]}, {"text": " followed by complaints about the dated Bitwarden browser clients.", "cites": [{"id": 767864752, "item_id": 47991547, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991547", "by": "sshine", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Vaultwarden's great, but the inferior browser clients just don't make up for it.", "excerpt": "I switched to self-hosted Vaultwarden a couple of years ago because of all the bad choices of Mozilla (I was using Firefox Sync and wanted something else badly). Sadly, Bitwarden's browser clients are antiquated (they don't auto-generate and save passwords as I sign up, I kind of have to create them manually ahead of time, and if anything botches in the signup, e.g. a server-side password validation rule), I now have", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "Firefox Sync", "story": "I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden"}, {"id": 800595345, "item_id": 50037209, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037209", "by": "lucideer", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "exactly why we've seen things like Vaultwarden pop up", "excerpt": "As a loyal Bitwarden user, I think this is great news. I love that Bitwarden exists, but as an \"open source\" project, it's always been a trad-corporate type code maintenance, rather than community-driven source contributions (exactly why we've seen things like Vaultwarden pop up) & that has generally just left all of their clients in that really awkward space where they're just good enough to be able to imagine their", "context": "", "use_case": "alternative Bitwarden server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Easy self-hosting", "summary": "Written in Rust, uses few resources, is easy to back up, and is easier to self-host than Bitwarden itself.", "quotes": [{"id": 771606528, "item_id": 48225408, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225408", "by": "fpauser", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Thats why I use vaultwarden. I also like the fact, that vaultwarden is written in rust and does not consume a lot of resources, which is great for selfhosting.", "excerpt": "Thats why I use vaultwarden. I also like the fact, that vaultwarden is written in rust and does not consume a lot of resources, which is great for selfhosting.", "context": "self-hoster", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can"}, {"id": 800559936, "item_id": 50034996, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034996", "by": "sliken", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden.  Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup", "excerpt": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden. Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup, and you can use bitwarden's phone client. I'm curious why other self hosters think it's a bad idea.", "context": "self-hoster", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 792748288, "item_id": 49546768, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546768", "by": "netniuq", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible).", "excerpt": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible). You can also directly run Bitwarden, but Vaultwarden is easier to self-host, especially OIDCwarden is nice if SSO is your cup of tea. I don't like Bitwarden's UI as much as 1Password's, but at least it feels faster.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}]}, {"label": "Bitwarden client compatibility", "summary": "Works with Bitwarden's phone, desktop and browser clients.", "quotes": [{"id": 800559936, "item_id": 50034996, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034996", "by": "sliken", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden.  Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup", "excerpt": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden. Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup, and you can use bitwarden's phone client. I'm curious why other self hosters think it's a bad idea.", "context": "self-hoster", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 792748288, "item_id": 49546768, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546768", "by": "netniuq", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible).", "excerpt": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible). You can also directly run Bitwarden, but Vaultwarden is easier to self-host, especially OIDCwarden is nice if SSO is your cup of tea. I don't like Bitwarden's UI as much as 1Password's, but at least it feels faster.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 771612129, "item_id": 48225758, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225758", "by": "culi", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Vaultwarden looks neat:", "excerpt": "https://alternativeto.net/software/bitwarden--free-password-manager/ Honestly after years of resistance I've finally partially embraced Apple's solution and have to admit it works great. I love that Hide My Email is integrated into it so well too Vaultwarden looks neat: > Lightweight, self-hosted server written in Rust, fully compatible with Bitwarden clients, implements the Bitwarden server API, supports organizatio", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted Bitwarden server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can"}]}, {"label": "Painless migration", "summary": "Users moving from 1Password report a fast migration and say they don't miss anything.", "quotes": [{"id": 792964224, "item_id": 49560264, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49560264", "by": "pfych", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I migrated to self hosted bitwarden (vaultwarden) on my Nix VPS.", "excerpt": "I migrated to self hosted bitwarden (vaultwarden) on my Nix VPS. Using the CXP integration in the iOS 1Password/Bitwarden apps made bringing over my OTP codes, Passkeys and passwords super easy. It didn't bring over my attached files though, but easy enough to manually do that. Was able to get it setup, migrated and 1Pass sub cancelled in less than an hour. FYI, I was briefly having issues with the iOS and Desktop bi", "context": "runs a Nix VPS", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 793022369, "item_id": 49563898, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49563898", "by": "wookmaster", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "locally hosted Bitwarden(Vaultwarden) 6 months ago and I don't miss anything.", "excerpt": "You'll have to add some actual reasoning to this, I switched from 1password to locally hosted Bitwarden(Vaultwarden) 6 months ago and I don't miss anything.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password server", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "1Password Replied to My Disappointment"}, {"id": 792748288, "item_id": 49546768, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546768", "by": "netniuq", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible).", "excerpt": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible). You can also directly run Bitwarden, but Vaultwarden is easier to self-host, especially OIDCwarden is nice if SSO is your cup of tea. I don't like Bitwarden's UI as much as 1Password's, but at least it feels faster.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}]}, {"label": "Family sharing", "summary": "Used to share passwords with family members on a self-hosted instance.", "quotes": [{"id": 750706000, "item_id": 46919125, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46919125", "by": "Yodel0914", "date": "2026-02-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "We use Vaultwarden and Bitwarden to share passwords with the family.", "excerpt": "We use Vaultwarden and Bitwarden to share passwords with the family. My wife has my master password and I have hers. The bigger issue if I drop dead is all the nontrivial tech crap I have set up (self hosted Vaultwarden included\u2026).", "context": "self-hosts it", "use_case": "family password sharing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?"}, {"id": 799845682, "item_id": 49990355, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990355", "by": "jdboyd", "date": "2026-10-07", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Run vaultwarder for myself and some family members.", "excerpt": "Here are a few things I do: Host static content behind nginx Run filestash as a partial GoogleDrive replacement (I use it for sharing files with other people, like deliverables), files place on an S3 compatible object store. Run vaultwarder for myself and some family members. Run a container registry service backed by an s3 compatible object store. Run a django web application I wrote for my own use. However, it stor", "context": "runs a $5 VPS", "use_case": "password manager for family", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?"}, {"id": 770419376, "item_id": 48151211, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151211", "by": "Goofy_Coyote", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I could always self-host (VaultWarden) at home behind Tailscale", "excerpt": "This is very sad. I wasn\u2019t paying for the code tbh, I could always self-host (VaultWarden) at home behind Tailscale, it was all about the management, uptime, and most importantly, supporting a good software I used and loved for years. Sad, really. I\u2019ll either move to self-hosting it at home behind TS, or going back to keepass tbh, anyway, I\u2019m not staying on a sinking ship. P.S: VaultWarden had a few bad CVEs this yea", "context": "self-hosted home user sharing with family", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager for family", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site"}]}, {"label": "Passkeys, cross-platform", "summary": "Supports passkeys across macOS and Linux, and passkeys appear in JSON exports.", "quotes": [{"id": 767748512, "item_id": 47984282, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47984282", "by": "wrxd", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vaultwarden because I need something cross-platform (macOS and Linux) and with support for passkeys.", "excerpt": "I use Vaultwarden because I need something cross-platform (macOS and Linux) and with support for passkeys. The idea of using different storage methods for different categories of passwords is very interesting. Maybe I don\u2019t need rbw (the rust reimplementation of bitwarden CLI) in my server and something simpler/different could do the job", "context": "macOS and Linux user", "use_case": "cross-platform password manager with passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden"}, {"id": 800907952, "item_id": 50056747, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50056747", "by": "BadBadJellyBean", "date": "2026-10-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I just tried it and it worked. I used the export functionality and exported my vault as json and the passkey is in there.", "excerpt": "Yes you can. I just tried it and it worked. I used the export functionality and exported my vault as json and the passkey is in there.", "context": "", "use_case": "passkey storage and export", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys are a trap"}, {"id": 792964224, "item_id": 49560264, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49560264", "by": "pfych", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I migrated to self hosted bitwarden (vaultwarden) on my Nix VPS.", "excerpt": "I migrated to self hosted bitwarden (vaultwarden) on my Nix VPS. Using the CXP integration in the iOS 1Password/Bitwarden apps made bringing over my OTP codes, Passkeys and passwords super easy. It didn't bring over my attached files though, but easy enough to manually do that. Was able to get it setup, migrated and 1Pass sub cancelled in less than an hour. FYI, I was briefly having issues with the iOS and Desktop bi", "context": "runs a Nix VPS", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}]}, {"label": "Vault control", "summary": "Self-hosting with a web-interface fallback means no third party can take the vault away.", "quotes": [{"id": 770429328, "item_id": 48151833, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151833", "by": "donmcronald", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vaultwarden right now.  Part of the reason was that I wanted something where there was a minimum guarantee.", "excerpt": "How does the GPL licensing affect future versions of the open source clients? I use Vaultwarden right now. Part of the reason was that I wanted something where there was a minimum guarantee. In the case of Vaultwarden, I can always fall back to the web interface if needed. It wouldn't be convenient, but it guarantees no one can take away my password vault. I really hate the per user per feature per byte per year pric", "context": "worked in the small business space", "use_case": "self-hosted password vault", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site"}, {"id": 770997921, "item_id": 48187370, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48187370", "by": "aussieguy1234", "date": "2026-05-18", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "i'd host my own VaultWarden instance", "excerpt": "If the price ever became unresaonable i'd host my own VaultWarden instance. I'm sure if BitWarden ever went closed source, it would be forked and maintained by the community and that most would migrate to the open source solution. BitWarden being open source and auditable is one of the main reasons I use it, no hidden backdoors from them or three letter government agencies.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted fallback", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Self-hosting risk", "summary": "Some users stopped self-hosting or felt uneasy about it, and the project had serious CVEs including an auth bypass.", "quotes": [{"id": 800708832, "item_id": 50044302, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50044302", "by": "phoghed", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I quit self hosting vaultwarden because in the age of the LLM security is an arms race that I\u2019m not going to win.", "excerpt": "I quit self hosting vaultwarden because in the age of the LLM security is an arms race that I\u2019m not going to win. Switched to Apple Passwords.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 792751521, "item_id": 49546970, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546970", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting", "excerpt": "I really enjoy Proton Pass (but I have a paid subscription so I have passmail aliasses as well). I've been going full passkeys recently, no issues yet. Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting (of something this critical), and I really didn't like how you share credentials in BitWarden (through organizations), Proton Pass is much more intuitive with just straight up sharing of", "context": "", "use_case": "password management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 770419376, "item_id": 48151211, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151211", "by": "Goofy_Coyote", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I could always self-host (VaultWarden) at home behind Tailscale", "excerpt": "This is very sad. I wasn\u2019t paying for the code tbh, I could always self-host (VaultWarden) at home behind Tailscale, it was all about the management, uptime, and most importantly, supporting a good software I used and loved for years. Sad, really. I\u2019ll either move to self-hosting it at home behind TS, or going back to keepass tbh, anyway, I\u2019m not staying on a sinking ship. P.S: VaultWarden had a few bad CVEs this yea", "context": "self-hosted home user sharing with family", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager for family", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site"}]}, {"label": "Browser clients", "summary": "The Bitwarden browser clients it relies on don't auto-generate and save passwords at signup and are seen as stagnant.", "quotes": [{"id": 767864752, "item_id": 47991547, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991547", "by": "sshine", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Vaultwarden's great, but the inferior browser clients just don't make up for it.", "excerpt": "I switched to self-hosted Vaultwarden a couple of years ago because of all the bad choices of Mozilla (I was using Firefox Sync and wanted something else badly). Sadly, Bitwarden's browser clients are antiquated (they don't auto-generate and save passwords as I sign up, I kind of have to create them manually ahead of time, and if anything botches in the signup, e.g. a server-side password validation rule), I now have", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "Firefox Sync", "story": "I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden"}, {"id": 800595345, "item_id": 50037209, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037209", "by": "lucideer", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "exactly why we've seen things like Vaultwarden pop up", "excerpt": "As a loyal Bitwarden user, I think this is great news. I love that Bitwarden exists, but as an \"open source\" project, it's always been a trad-corporate type code maintenance, rather than community-driven source contributions (exactly why we've seen things like Vaultwarden pop up) & that has generally just left all of their clients in that really awkward space where they're just good enough to be able to imagine their", "context": "", "use_case": "alternative Bitwarden server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}]}, {"label": "Credential sharing", "summary": "Sharing credentials through Bitwarden organizations felt less intuitive than alternatives.", "quotes": [{"id": 792751521, "item_id": 49546970, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546970", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting", "excerpt": "I really enjoy Proton Pass (but I have a paid subscription so I have passmail aliasses as well). I've been going full passkeys recently, no issues yet. Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting (of something this critical), and I really didn't like how you share credentials in BitWarden (through organizations), Proton Pass is much more intuitive with just straight up sharing of", "context": "", "use_case": "password management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}]}, {"label": "Version mismatches", "summary": "An outdated server version briefly caused issues with the iOS and desktop Bitwarden apps.", "quotes": [{"id": 792964224, "item_id": 49560264, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49560264", "by": "pfych", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I migrated to self hosted bitwarden (vaultwarden) on my Nix VPS.", "excerpt": "I migrated to self hosted bitwarden (vaultwarden) on my Nix VPS. Using the CXP integration in the iOS 1Password/Bitwarden apps made bringing over my OTP codes, Passkeys and passwords super easy. It didn't bring over my attached files though, but easy enough to manually do that. Was able to get it setup, migrated and 1Pass sub cancelled in less than an hour. FYI, I was briefly having issues with the iOS and Desktop bi", "context": "runs a Nix VPS", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}]}], "who": [{"by": "sliken", "context": "self-hoster", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034996", "date": "2026-10-10"}, {"by": "Arrowmaster", "context": "immutable Linux distro user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034378", "date": "2026-10-10"}, {"by": "jdboyd", "context": "runs a $5 VPS", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990355", "date": "2026-10-07"}, {"by": "recvonline", "context": "self-hoster", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748213", "date": "2026-09-17"}, {"by": "pfych", "context": "runs a Nix VPS", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49560264", "date": "2026-09-04"}, {"by": "fpauser", "context": "self-hoster", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225408", "date": "2026-05-21"}, {"by": "donmcronald", "context": "worked in the small business space", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151833", "date": "2026-05-15"}, {"by": "Goofy_Coyote", "context": "self-hosted home user sharing with family", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151211", "date": "2026-05-15"}, {"by": "wrxd", "context": "macOS and Linux user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47984282", "date": "2026-05-02"}, {"by": "davidpaulyoung", "context": "uses it daily", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390607", "date": "2026-03-15"}, {"by": "Yodel0914", "context": "self-hosts it", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46919125", "date": "2026-02-06"}], "tags": ["self-hostable", "for families", "for 1Password switchers", "for Linux users", "SSO via OIDC fork"], "use_cases": ["self-hosted password manager", "self-hosted bitwarden server", "password management", "self-hosted password server", "password manager", "passkey storage and export"], "compared": [{"slug": "bitwarden", "name": "Bitwarden", "co": 21, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "1password", "name": "1Password", "co": 4, "switched_from": 3, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "apple-passwords", "name": "Apple Passwords", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "proton-pass", "name": "Proton Pass", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "jellyfin", "name": "Jellyfin", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "keepass", "name": "KeePass", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "keepassxc", "name": "KeePassXC", "co": 1, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [{"id": 776688993, "item_id": 48543062, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543062", "by": "Timshel", "date": "2026-06-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Merged minimal OIDC support in Vaultwarden last year", "excerpt": "Most visible is maintaining https://github.com/Timshel/OIDCWarden and contributing to Vaultwarden. Merged minimal OIDC support in Vaultwarden last year (https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden/pull/3899) But still maintaining the fork with additional features :).", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50033407", "title": "Bitwarden Dual License Model", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49985548", "title": "Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546432", "title": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48223258", "title": "Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48147637", "title": "Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site", "mentions": 3}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48163389", "title": "The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden", "mentions": 2}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 7, "compare": 1, "neutral": 2}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"recommend": 4, "neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {"neutral": 6, "recommend": 2, "warn": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 800907952, "item_id": 50056747, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50056747", "by": "BadBadJellyBean", "date": "2026-10-12", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I just tried it and it worked. I used the export functionality and exported my vault as json and the passkey is in there.", "excerpt": "Yes you can. I just tried it and it worked. I used the export functionality and exported my vault as json and the passkey is in there.", "context": "", "use_case": "passkey storage and export", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys are a trap"}, {"id": 800708832, "item_id": 50044302, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50044302", "by": "phoghed", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I quit self hosting vaultwarden because in the age of the LLM security is an arms race that I\u2019m not going to win.", "excerpt": "I quit self hosting vaultwarden because in the age of the LLM security is an arms race that I\u2019m not going to win. Switched to Apple Passwords.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 800595345, "item_id": 50037209, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50037209", "by": "lucideer", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "exactly why we've seen things like Vaultwarden pop up", "excerpt": "As a loyal Bitwarden user, I think this is great news. I love that Bitwarden exists, but as an \"open source\" project, it's always been a trad-corporate type code maintenance, rather than community-driven source contributions (exactly why we've seen things like Vaultwarden pop up) & that has generally just left all of their clients in that really awkward space where they're just good enough to be able to imagine their", "context": "", "use_case": "alternative Bitwarden server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 800559936, "item_id": 50034996, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034996", "by": "sliken", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden.  Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup", "excerpt": "As as self-hoster, I recommend vault warden. Supports 2fa, written in rust, works pretty well, is easy to backup, and you can use bitwarden's phone client. I'm curious why other self hosters think it's a bad idea.", "context": "self-hoster", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 800550049, "item_id": 50034378, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50034378", "by": "Arrowmaster", "date": "2026-10-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "moved away from KeePassXC to Bitwarden with self hosted vaultwarden", "excerpt": "I specifically moved away from KeePassXC to Bitwarden with self hosted vaultwarden because the Linux desktop experience and mobile syncing was so terrible. While I love KeePassXC, using it on an immutable Linux distro where everything needs to be Flatpak means the browser extension doesn't work because it doesn't support Flatpak'd browsers back when I switched. Auto type is a security nightmare and is not an option. ", "context": "immutable Linux distro user", "use_case": "self-hosted password server", "switched_from": "KeePassXC", "story": "Bitwarden Dual License Model"}, {"id": 800409496, "item_id": 50025593, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50025593", "by": "MayeulC", "date": "2026-10-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Vaultwarden: password storage", "excerpt": "Well, I have a VPS, plus multiple physical servers in different locations (parents, etc). The VPS is useful for: - sending e-mails (hard to improve your reputation on residential IPs and get a reverse DNS record) - Unifi controller, though I appreciate Unifi less and less. - Uptime monitoring / status page - I think I'll move my headscale node there, since it has the highest availability -- Internet was out for a wee", "context": "", "use_case": "password storage", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?"}, {"id": 800306098, "item_id": 50019131, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50019131", "by": "paweladamczuk", "date": "2026-10-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "- Navidrome - Jellyfin - Vaultwarden - Immich - pi agent. I use it through tmux and iSH on my iPhone - librechat. nice UI but honestly I probably jsut use pi more often - copyparty. to visually inspect whatever I create with pi, and to access my documents, to upload files I need on the server quickly and easily from any device", "context": "", "use_case": "password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?"}, {"id": 800282679, "item_id": 50017667, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50017667", "by": "wraptile", "date": "2026-10-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "languagetool, nextcloud, hister, syncthing, restic backups, vaultwarden, windmill", "excerpt": "These VPS no longer make much sense for self-hosting imo. I have two refurbished 32gb ram Lenovo k14 laptops (250$ each) that I use for self-hosting over tailscale and cloudflare tunnels. This is a lot of compute and very little power use. One for personal self-hosted projects: languagetool, nextcloud, hister, syncthing, restic backups, vaultwarden, windmill. Another for public facing web apps I host through cloudfla", "context": "", "use_case": "password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?"}, {"id": 799845682, "item_id": 49990355, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990355", "by": "jdboyd", "date": "2026-10-07", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Run vaultwarder for myself and some family members.", "excerpt": "Here are a few things I do: Host static content behind nginx Run filestash as a partial GoogleDrive replacement (I use it for sharing files with other people, like deliverables), files place on an S3 compatible object store. Run vaultwarder for myself and some family members. Run a container registry service backed by an s3 compatible object store. Run a django web application I wrote for my own use. However, it stor", "context": "runs a $5 VPS", "use_case": "password manager for family", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?"}, {"id": 795971412, "item_id": 49748213, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49748213", "by": "recvonline", "date": "2026-09-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Vaultwarden: Passwords", "excerpt": "* Kavita: eBooks and Comics * Jellyfin: Movies and TV Shows * Seafile: Hosting my private files * AdGuard Home: DNS/Ad blocking for all my devices * Vaultwarden: Passwords * Immich: For my photos * Plausible: Analytics * Audiobookshelf: Audiobooks * Radarr/Sonarr/Prowlarr + Transmission * Radicale: Calendar + Contacts * HedgeDoc: For my Markdown files LLMs made it REALLY easy to setup a self hosting server and mainta", "context": "self-hoster", "use_case": "password management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?"}, {"id": 793022369, "item_id": 49563898, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49563898", "by": "wookmaster", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "locally hosted Bitwarden(Vaultwarden) 6 months ago and I don't miss anything.", "excerpt": "You'll have to add some actual reasoning to this, I switched from 1password to locally hosted Bitwarden(Vaultwarden) 6 months ago and I don't miss anything.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password server", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "1Password Replied to My Disappointment"}, {"id": 792964224, "item_id": 49560264, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49560264", "by": "pfych", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I migrated to self hosted bitwarden (vaultwarden) on my Nix VPS.", "excerpt": "I migrated to self hosted bitwarden (vaultwarden) on my Nix VPS. Using the CXP integration in the iOS 1Password/Bitwarden apps made bringing over my OTP codes, Passkeys and passwords super easy. It didn't bring over my attached files though, but easy enough to manually do that. Was able to get it setup, migrated and 1Pass sub cancelled in less than an hour. FYI, I was briefly having issues with the iOS and Desktop bi", "context": "runs a Nix VPS", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 792751521, "item_id": 49546970, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546970", "by": "teekert", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting", "excerpt": "I really enjoy Proton Pass (but I have a paid subscription so I have passmail aliasses as well). I've been going full passkeys recently, no issues yet. Before this I used Vaultwarden, but I was always a bit afraid of the self-hosting (of something this critical), and I really didn't like how you share credentials in BitWarden (through organizations), Proton Pass is much more intuitive with just straight up sharing of", "context": "", "use_case": "password management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 792748288, "item_id": 49546768, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546768", "by": "netniuq", "date": "2026-09-03", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible).", "excerpt": "I moved to self hosted Vaultwarden (Bitwarden server reimplementation that's client-compatible). You can also directly run Bitwarden, but Vaultwarden is easier to self-host, especially OIDCwarden is nice if SSO is your cup of tea. I don't like Bitwarden's UI as much as 1Password's, but at least it feels faster.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "1Password", "story": "Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?"}, {"id": 784167729, "item_id": 49010483, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49010483", "by": "seemaze", "date": "2026-07-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I self host using the open source vaultwarden[1] server implementation", "excerpt": "I use bitwarden[0]. It covers all cases and devices in question. As a bonus, I self host using the open source vaultwarden[1] server implementation, which is packaged in alpine linux. [0] https://bitwarden.com/ [1] https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted Bitwarden server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"}, {"id": 771612129, "item_id": 48225758, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225758", "by": "culi", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Vaultwarden looks neat:", "excerpt": "https://alternativeto.net/software/bitwarden--free-password-manager/ Honestly after years of resistance I've finally partially embraced Apple's solution and have to admit it works great. I love that Hide My Email is integrated into it so well too Vaultwarden looks neat: > Lightweight, self-hosted server written in Rust, fully compatible with Bitwarden clients, implements the Bitwarden server API, supports organizatio", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted Bitwarden server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can"}, {"id": 771606528, "item_id": 48225408, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225408", "by": "fpauser", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Thats why I use vaultwarden. I also like the fact, that vaultwarden is written in rust and does not consume a lot of resources, which is great for selfhosting.", "excerpt": "Thats why I use vaultwarden. I also like the fact, that vaultwarden is written in rust and does not consume a lot of resources, which is great for selfhosting.", "context": "self-hoster", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can"}, {"id": 771586929, "item_id": 48224183, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48224183", "by": "subhobroto", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Vaultwarden is a very lean implementation of Bitwarden", "excerpt": "Vaultwarden is a very lean implementation of Bitwarden but if you want to look into an alternative to the Bitwarden ecosystem, I recommend - AliasVault https://github.com/aliasvault/aliasvault - check it out!", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted Bitwarden server", "switched_from": "", "story": "Get your passwords out of Bitwarden while you still can"}, {"id": 770997921, "item_id": 48187370, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48187370", "by": "aussieguy1234", "date": "2026-05-18", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "i'd host my own VaultWarden instance", "excerpt": "If the price ever became unresaonable i'd host my own VaultWarden instance. I'm sure if BitWarden ever went closed source, it would be forked and maintained by the community and that most would migrate to the open source solution. BitWarden being open source and auditable is one of the main reasons I use it, no hidden backdoors from them or three letter government agencies.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted fallback", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden"}, {"id": 770897201, "item_id": 48181075, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48181075", "by": "xweb", "date": "2026-05-18", "stance": "compare", "quote": "Will check out Vaultwarden, Proton Pass, Keepass, I guess.", "excerpt": "Thank you for this post/link. I have been side eyeing Bitwarden since they started ensh*ttifying the desktop UX last year to make it more like everything else and take up too much space. It had been working perfectly well for browser autofill - super fast and staying out of the way. Now it is bloated white space, slow, standardized UX elements like any SaaS built by AI. Will check out Vaultwarden, Proton Pass, Keepas", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Quiet Renovation at Bitwarden"}, {"id": 770459472, "item_id": 48153717, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48153717", "by": "dizhn", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "A lot of folks are talking about Vaultwarden which is great.", "excerpt": "A lot of folks are talking about Vaultwarden which is great. Don't forget to check out the fork that added OIDC support, some (but not all) features of which has been merged into Vaultwarden.", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site"}, {"id": 770429328, "item_id": 48151833, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151833", "by": "donmcronald", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vaultwarden right now.  Part of the reason was that I wanted something where there was a minimum guarantee.", "excerpt": "How does the GPL licensing affect future versions of the open source clients? I use Vaultwarden right now. Part of the reason was that I wanted something where there was a minimum guarantee. In the case of Vaultwarden, I can always fall back to the web interface if needed. It wouldn't be convenient, but it guarantees no one can take away my password vault. I really hate the per user per feature per byte per year pric", "context": "worked in the small business space", "use_case": "self-hosted password vault", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site"}, {"id": 770419376, "item_id": 48151211, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151211", "by": "Goofy_Coyote", "date": "2026-05-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I could always self-host (VaultWarden) at home behind Tailscale", "excerpt": "This is very sad. I wasn\u2019t paying for the code tbh, I could always self-host (VaultWarden) at home behind Tailscale, it was all about the management, uptime, and most importantly, supporting a good software I used and loved for years. Sad, really. I\u2019ll either move to self-hosting it at home behind TS, or going back to keepass tbh, anyway, I\u2019m not staying on a sinking ship. P.S: VaultWarden had a few bad CVEs this yea", "context": "self-hosted home user sharing with family", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager for family", "switched_from": "", "story": "Bitwarden scrubs 'Always free' and 'Inclusion' values from its site"}, {"id": 767864752, "item_id": 47991547, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991547", "by": "sshine", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Vaultwarden's great, but the inferior browser clients just don't make up for it.", "excerpt": "I switched to self-hosted Vaultwarden a couple of years ago because of all the bad choices of Mozilla (I was using Firefox Sync and wanted something else badly). Sadly, Bitwarden's browser clients are antiquated (they don't auto-generate and save passwords as I sign up, I kind of have to create them manually ahead of time, and if anything botches in the signup, e.g. a server-side password validation rule), I now have", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted password manager", "switched_from": "Firefox Sync", "story": "I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden"}, {"id": 767844849, "item_id": 47990303, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47990303", "by": "subhobroto", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Vaultwarden is a very lean implementation of Bitwarden", "excerpt": "Vaultwarden is a very lean implementation of Bitwarden but if you want to look into an alternative to the Bitwarden ecosystem, I recommend - AliasVault https://github.com/aliasvault/aliasvault - check it out!", "context": "", "use_case": "self-hosted Bitwarden server", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden"}, {"id": 767748512, "item_id": 47984282, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47984282", "by": "wrxd", "date": "2026-05-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use Vaultwarden because I need something cross-platform (macOS and Linux) and with support for passkeys.", "excerpt": "I use Vaultwarden because I need something cross-platform (macOS and Linux) and with support for passkeys. The idea of using different storage methods for different categories of passwords is very interesting. Maybe I don\u2019t need rbw (the rust reimplementation of bitwarden CLI) in my server and something simpler/different could do the job", "context": "macOS and Linux user", "use_case": "cross-platform password manager with passkeys", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden"}, {"id": 758249714, "item_id": 47390607, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390607", "by": "davidpaulyoung", "date": "2026-03-15", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "You can have hosted Nextcloud on Hetzner, with Headscale, email server, Vaultwarden, and Wordpress", "excerpt": "You can have hosted Nextcloud on Hetzner, with Headscale, email server, Vaultwarden, and Wordpress on European infrastructure (Hetzner) individually installed just for you from Federated Computer today for $19/month unlimited user accounts. I use it every day. Human support, too...!", "context": "uses it daily", "use_case": "password management", "switched_from": "", "story": "Office.eu launches as Europe's sovereign office platform"}, {"id": 750706000, "item_id": 46919125, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46919125", "by": "Yodel0914", "date": "2026-02-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "We use Vaultwarden and Bitwarden to share passwords with the family.", "excerpt": "We use Vaultwarden and Bitwarden to share passwords with the family. My wife has my master password and I have hers. The bigger issue if I drop dead is all the nontrivial tech crap I have set up (self hosted Vaultwarden included\u2026).", "context": "self-hosts it", "use_case": "family password sharing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?"}]}