Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderAs cool as a native code back-end for Bitwarden would be I would be more interested in seeing vendor native mobile apps (Swift/Xcode, Kotlin/Android Studio) and putting the Xamarin code out to pasture. Would also like to see an improvement in the desktop Electron app as well or at least get it to feature parity with the web vault. All of that said Bitwarden is a fantastic product and I recommend that over every other server-based password manager out there.
I've been self-hosting this for years now, works flawlessly.
Alternative implementation of the Bitwarden server API written in Rust and compatible with upstream Bitwarden clients*, perfect for self-hosted deployment where running the official resource-heavy service might not be ideal. Support for : SQLite, MySQL/MariaDB and PostgreSQL. You can use the docker version or extract the binary and assets files and run it directly. Works well also on ARM based SBC, like RaspberryPi.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 377
- Total comments
- 236
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-23 | Bitwarden compatible server written in RustFirst breakout · Best thread | KubikPixel | 193 | 114 |
| 2023-05-20 | Vaultwarden: Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust | pretext | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-07-29 | Vaultwarden: Alternative implementation of the Bitwarden server API in Rust | Daril | 19 | 6 |
| 2023-09-25 | Vaultwarden: Unofficial Bitwarden Compatible Server | lucideer | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-08-14 | Vaultwarden: Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in RustHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | thunderbong | 153 | 116 |
| 2026-01-08 | Vaultwarden – Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server, formerly bitwarden_rs | petethomas | 8 | 0 |