I am looking into password managers, as number of my accounts are increasing. Currently I am weighing two options:

  • Host Vaultwarden on a VPS, or
  • Use the free bitwarden service.

I want to know how they are in practical aspects.

While I am fine self-hosting many services, password managers seem to be one of the most critical services that should not admit downtime. I surely cannot keep it up, as I need to update it time to time.

On the other hand, using bitwarden might require some level of trust. How much should I trust the company to use the free service? How do I know if my passwords would be safe, not being exposed to the wide net?

I want to gauge pros and cons, are there aspects I missed? How are your opinions on this? If you are self-hosting vaultwarden, how do you manage the downtime? Thanks in advance!

  • Hellmo_luciferrari@lemm.eeEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I self host as well as use bitwardens service.

    I pay $10 a year, and never have I had access issues with it.

    My self hosted instance houses everything for my other self hosted services.

    I can also have my Bitwarden duplicated to my self hosted instance.

    However, the only way to access my Vailtwarden instance is via my network. And for my use case, this is perfect.

    Neither of them have I had any downtime; like others have said it’s anecdotal.