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Vaultwarden: Your Password Box

🔐 Vaultwarden: Your Password Box

Who can use this: Everyone with an account on our server.

What is a Password Manager?

Imagine a digital safe that only you can open. Instead of remembering many different keys (passwords) for every door (website), you only need one strong key to open the safe. Inside, the safe keeps all your other keys safe and organized.

A password manager:

  • Creates strong, hard-to-guess passwords for you.

  • Remembers them so you don't have to.

  • Fills them in automatically when you need to log in.

What are Vaultwarden and Bitwarden?

Bitwarden is a famous, free, and open-source password manager used by millions of people. It is the official company that makes the apps you see on phones and computers.

Vaultwarden is a lightweight version of the Bitwarden server. It is built by the community to run on smaller computers, like our homeserver.

  • The Magic: You use the official Bitwarden apps, but instead of saving your data on Bitwarden's big cloud servers, your data stays here on our private server. You get the same great app, but with more privacy and control.

Why is this better than remembering passwords yourself?

If you manage passwords on each device separately (like saving them only in Chrome or only on your iPhone):

  • ❌ Confusion: You might forget a password you saved on your phone when you sit at your computer.

  • ❌ Risk: If you lose your device, you lose all your logins.

  • ❌ Limits: It is hard to use special security codes (TOTP) or new Passkeys when switching between different types of devices (like from an iPhone to a Windows PC).

With our centralized Vaultwarden:

  • ✅ One Truth: Change a password on your phone, and it instantly updates on your laptop.

  • ✅ Safety: Your data is backed up on our server. If you lose a device, your passwords are safe.

  • ✅ Freedom: Features like TOTP (those 6-digit changing codes for extra security) and Passkeys work everywhere. You are not stuck using only Apple or only Google products.

How to Start Using It

You do not download a "Vaultwarden" app. You download the official Bitwarden apps.

⚠️ Important: The links below go to external official websites (like the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, or Bitwarden's website). These sites are not part of our local server. They are safe, official sources from the Bitwarden company.

After you install an app, you must tell it to connect to our server address (we will give you this address separately).