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Passwords & identity, ranked by value — not ad spend

Password management and single sign-on you host yourself. Vaultwarden runs a Bitwarden-compatible E2EE server in 50MB of RAM.

No paid placement. Ranked by evidence against four principles: transparency, value density, privacy, efficiency. How we rank →
Our pick
Vaultwarden — Bitwarden-compatible server in Rust, tiny footprint 5.0
#ToolT·V·P·EIndexType
1 Vaultwarden
Bitwarden-compatible server in Rust, tiny footprint
 5.0 self-host ✓
2 Authelia
Lean auth/2FA gateway for reverse proxies
 4.8 self-host ~
3 Authentik
Modern identity provider (SSO/OIDC/SAML)
 4.0 self-host ~
4 Keycloak
Industry-standard IAM, batteries included
 4.0 self-host ~

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