NodeWarden: Bitwarden on Cloudflare Workers — No Server Required

Originally published at recca0120.github.io Self-hosting Bitwarden gives you two paths. The official version requires Docker and eats memory. Vaultwarden rewrites it in Rust, much lighter, but you still need a VPS, HTTPS configuration, regular updates, and database backups. NodeWarden takes a third path: run directly on Cloudflare Workers. No VPS, no SSL management, no uptime monitoring. Cloudflare's free tier is enough. How It Differs from Vaultwarden Vaultwarden is the most popular third-party Bitwarden server, written in Rust, running in Docker. NodeWarden is written in TypeScript, running on Cloudflare Workers. Vaultwarden NodeWarden Language Rust TypeScript Deployment Docker / VPS Cloudflare Workers Database SQLite / MySQL / PostgreSQL Cloudflare D1 Attachment storage Local filesystem R2 or KV SSL Self-configured Cloudflare handles it Maintenance Manual updates and backups Fork + auto-sync upstream Cost VPS monthly fee Cloudflare free tier Organizations/Collections Supported Not s