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Why self host a password manager? (programming.dev)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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I'm going to move away from lastpass because the user experience is pretty fucking shit. I was going to look at 1pass as I use it a lot at work and so know it. However I have heard a lot of praise for BitWarden and VaultWarden on here and so probably going to try them out first.

My questions are to those of you who self-host, firstly: why?

And how do you mitigate the risk of your internet going down at home and blocking your access while away?

BitWarden's paid tier is only $10 a year which I'm happy to pay to support a decent service, but im curious about the benefits of the above. I already run syncthing on a pi so adding a password manager wouldn't need any additional hardware.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Regarding benefits for the paid tier (which I use as a sort of donation):

  1. it's literally on their page: https://bitwarden.com/help/password-manager-plans/#compare-personal-plans
  2. What I actually use: A bit of the encrypted upload, some 2FA generators for unimportant services (I prefer using another 2FA app with encrypted automated backups. Helps keeping things separate)

Regarding self-hosting:
I decided against it.

  1. Too much important stuff in there (+400 accounts)
  2. Too much stuff in there I would need to back up and keep safe. Not in the mood.
  3. Not enough experience with hosting a database. If it would go belly-up I had no one except the internet to ask and figure it out myself. At best some selfhost forum/community.