bitwarden/server

bitwarden/server has 20,594 GitHub stars and 1,834 forks. GitHot measured +3 stars in 24 hours and +62 in 7 days. Last checked 2026-11-07 14:23 UTC. Last push 2026-11-05.

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Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc).

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README.md

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The Bitwarden Server project contains the APIs, database, and other core infrastructure items needed for the "backend" of all bitwarden client applications.

The server project is written in C# using .NET Core with ASP.NET Core. The database is written in T-SQL/SQL Server. The codebase can be developed, built, run, and deployed cross-platform on Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions.

Developer Documentation

Please refer to the Server Setup Guide in the Contributing Documentation for build instructions, recommended tooling, code style tips, and lots of other great information to get you started.

Deploy

You can deploy Bitwarden using Docker containers on Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions. Use the provided PowerShell and Bash scripts to get started quickly. Find all of the Bitwarden images on GitHub Container Registry.

Full documentation for deploying Bitwarden with Docker can be found in our help center at: https://help.bitwarden.com/article/install-on-premise/

Requirements

Docker
Docker Compose (already included with some Docker installations)

These dependencies are free to use.

Linux & macOS

curl -s -L -o bitwarden.sh \
    "https://func.bitwarden.com/api/dl/?app=self-host&platform=linux" \
    && chmod +x bitwarden.sh
./bitwarden.sh install
./bitwarden.sh start

Windows

Invoke-RestMethod -OutFile bitwarden.ps1 `
    -Uri "https://func.bitwarden.com/api/dl/?app=self-host&platform=windows"
.\bitwarden.ps1 -install
.\bitwarden.ps1 -start

Production Container Images

View Current Production Image Hashes (click to expand)

US Production Cluster

Service	Image Hash
Admin
API
Billing
Events
EventsProcessor
Identity
Notifications
SCIM
SSO

EU Production Cluster

Service	Image Hash
Admin
API
Billing
Events
EventsProcessor
Identity
Notifications
SCIM
SSO

We're Hiring!

Interested in contributing in a big way? Consider joining our team! We're hiring for many positions. Please take a look at our Careers page to see what opportunities are currently open as well as what it's like to work at Bitwarden.

Contribute

Code contributions are welcome! Please commit any pull requests against the main branch. Learn more about how to contribute by reading the Contributing Guidelines. Check out the Contributing Documentation for how to get started with your first contribution.

Security audits and feedback are welcome. Please open an issue or email us privately if the report is sensitive in nature. You can read our security policy in the SECURITY.md file. We also run a program on HackerOne.

No grant of any rights in the trademarks, service marks, or logos of Bitwarden is made (except as may be necessary to comply with the notice requirements as applicable), and use of any Bitwarden trademarks must comply with Bitwarden Trademark Guidelines.

Dotnet-format

Consider installing our git pre-commit hook for automatic formatting.

git config --local core.hooksPath .git-hooks

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