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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

US Production Cluster

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

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