[bovem]

Just today I had to sign up for a service and went to bitwarden app on my phone to generate password (linked to self hosted vaultwarden server) but the new password entry couldn’t be saved into the app because the server was unreachable.

Then I had to go restart my VM and reconnect my VPN. I am now thinking about switching to bitwarden premium and opt-out of self hosting for password managers.

[otter-in-a-suit]

Author here. Bitwarden (as much as I appreciate them!) isn't something I self host, since it’s too critical an application for me (similar to email). I pay for 1Password.

[greenavocado]

KeepassXC on Syncthing is so easy to use even my girlfriend uses it without problems

[hypeatei]

Exporting your vault every so often to offline storage (like an encrypted hard drive) is a good happy medium IMO.

[sethammons]

This is one reason why I moved from self hosted to their paid offering. The other is that I trust their security better than mine

[transpute]

Virtualization platform tooling can monitor VM operational status and restart when needed to maintain availability.