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This is why I self-host vaultwarden

• ok_dad 2y ago
  How often does Bitwarden go down? I’ve been paying for it for years and years, but I can’t recall it having enough issues to risk self hosting and messing up the configs myself. I’m certainly less reliable as an admin than they are, my computers are always having issues!
  • pixxel 2y ago
    Unless you use BW every minute of every day, including when you sleep, then you’re in no position to counter self-hosting with your anecdote.
    • from-nibly 2y ago
      No that's actually relevant that he doesn't use it every minute of every day. His anecdote is for his use, and it informs his decision. But I'll add another anecdote. I have had the same experience. I have never noticed any downtime from bitwarden but my 3 node kubernetes cluster that would host vaultwarden has gone down multiple times. Sometimes just for maintenance. I self host a lot of stuff but my password vault is not one of them yet.
    • ok_dad 2y ago
      No, it’s well known that hosting your own stuff usually isn’t as reliable. Unless you’re a professional at hosting servers, it’s probably less safe and less reliable than the paid service. Hosting a server for years and years is hard!
      • udev4096 2y ago
        It's not. The barrier for hosting highly available and low-resource services has significantly decreased over the years. As much as I don't like docker and docker-swarm, it has made it easy for an average developer to become an average sysadmin