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Why self host a password manager? (programming.dev)

submitted 2 months ago by el_abuelo@programming.dev to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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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[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Thanks, I did consider the syncing would be fine. But if the reason to do it is just hobbying then I'll pass, I have too many hobbies at this point and managing what I'm already hosting is giving me enough of a scratch for that itch

[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

I run vaultwarden in a docker container and I can't say I've touched it since then. Its as much maintenance as all the other services I run. Reboot the server quarterly to make sure patches are applied. Docker containers patch nightly.

[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Sure. I think there are some areas where self-hosting is kinda mandatory because other solutions don't fulfill my requirements. But I don't think a password manager is part of that. It stores the passwords encrypted in the cloud anyways, $0-$10 a year isn't much and I think Bitwarden has a good track record and you'll be supporting them. Self-hosting is a nice hobby and I think integral part of a free and democratic culture on the internet. But it doesn't have to be every tiny tool and everyone. Do it if you like, otherwise it's fine if you support open source projects by paying a fair price if you want convenience and they offer a good hosted service.

[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

Appreciate the input - that's exactly where my heads at right now. Didn't expect so many answers - really glad I asked, been very interesting reading different folks views on this.