An alternative, Rust-based server implementation of the Bitwarden Client API, compatible with official Bitwarden clients for self-hosting.
70.4K+388 this week3.4KRustAGPL-3.0Well maintainedUpdated 3 days ago
Self-hosted & SaaS alternatives
Password managers: 14 open-source projects (2026)
Keep your passwords in a vault you control, on your own server or in a local encrypted file.
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How to choose
Start by deciding where the vault lives: on a server you run, or in a local encrypted file. If you want to self-host and keep using Bitwarden clients, vaultwarden is a Rust server that works with the official clients. If you want no server at all, KeePassXC keeps everything in one offline KDBX file. If a team shares secrets from the terminal, gopass stores them GPG-encrypted and versioned in git.
- vaultwardenBest for people who want to self-host and keep using the official Bitwarden clients.
- keepassxcBest for people who want a fully offline vault, with logins, TOTP codes, passkeys and notes in one encrypted KDBX file.
- gopassBest for developer teams who work in the terminal and want shared secrets encrypted with GPG and versioned in git.
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Cross-platform, offline password manager that stores logins, TOTP codes, passkeys and notes in an encrypted KDBX database file.
29.8K+196 this week2KC++OtherWell maintainedUpdated yesterday
Backend server for Bitwarden clients, providing the APIs, SQL Server database and Docker deployment for the password manager.
20.6K+62 this week1.8KC#OtherWell maintainedUpdated 3 hours ago
Free cross-platform password manager that opens and manages KeePass kdbx vaults in the browser or as a desktop app.
13K1.2KHTMLOtherUpdated 6 months ago
Official Bitwarden mobile app for Android, providing the Password Manager and Authenticator apps.
9.6K1.1KKotlinGPL-3.0Well maintainedUpdated yesterday
Lightweight password manager for Android that stores credentials in KeePass-format (.kdb/.kdbx) encrypted files, with autofill and passkey support.
7.6K+60 this week428KotlinGPL-3.0Updated 6 days ago
A command-line password manager for teams, compatible with the standard UNIX pass tool, storing secrets encrypted with GPG and versioned in git.
7.3K+17 this week568GoMITUpdated 2 days ago
A native macOS client for the KeePass password manager, supporting KDBX databases with AutoType and a plugin system.
6.9K+4 this week476Objective-COtherWell maintainedUpdated 9 days ago
An Android password manager that stores credentials in KeePass-compatible database files, with optional sync across devices.
6.4K+24 this week485C#GPL-3.0Well maintainedUpdated yesterday
Privacy-first password manager with built-in email aliasing, end-to-end encryption, and optional self-hosting.
3.5K+135 this week119TypeScriptAGPL-3.0Well maintainedUpdated 24 hours ago
An open source password and data manager for individuals and teams, with server, web, desktop, mobile and browser extension clients.
2.9K272JavaScriptAGPL-3.0Well maintainedUpdated 3 days ago
Open-source password manager built with Flutter for mobile, desktop and web, compatible with KeePass 2.x KDBX 3 and KDBX 4 databases.
2.8K+4 this week293DartGPL-3.0Updated 2 months ago
Self-hosted collaborative password manager for teams, with folder-level access control, AES-256-GCM encryption and audit trails.
1.9K+17 this week574PHPGPL-3.0Well maintainedUpdated 4 days ago
Open-source desktop password and identity manager with end-to-end encryption and peer-to-peer sync between your devices, built on Pear Runtime.
54372TypeScriptOtherUpdated 3 months ago
FAQ
- How are these projects chosen?
- Every project on Repolode passes a quality screening before it is listed: it must be usable today, solve a concrete problem, be more than a thin wrapper and still be maintained. This page groups the listed projects by topic and ranks them by GitHub stars.
- Which project here is the most popular?
- dani-garcia/vaultwarden, with 70.4K GitHub stars. Check each project's license and last commit before choosing.