> Especially when the product fits into $0 software so $4.99 is infinitely higher than $0.
What is the competition that costs $0? Bitwarden is $3.33/mo for equivalent functionality to the $4.99/mo plan from 1Password.
What is the competition that costs $0? Bitwarden is $3.33/mo for equivalent functionality to the $4.99/mo plan from 1Password.
Let's Encrypt SSL/TLS certificates are free, as is Apache/Nginx/Caddy to reverse proxy Nextcloud or any other solution (if a web based interface is needed). You might also need something like ngrok ( https://ngrok.com/ ) for publically accessing the instance if you're behind NAT and are hosting it on a homelab, or alternatively just put it on one of the VPSes that you're using, if you have any.
Personally i'm using a similar setup (a WireGuard VPN tunnel or two in there as well) on my pre-existing VPSes, so the effective costs are 0$ for me. And the file based approach is actually superior to any (possibly) dubious browser plugins in my eyes.
It does seem like an interesting and useful project, though there are also other more popular alternatives like Caddy: https://caddyserver.com/ (even though their V2 not being backwards compatible was a tad annoying)
Oh, and some people also have pretty good luck with software like Traefik: https://traefik.io/traefik/
Apart from that, just wanted to say that WireGuard is absolutely lovely! Pretty simple to set up, works well and uses way less resources than something like OpenVPN.
I've got a lab for stuff I want to tinker with, but a password manager is seen as an "essential service" to me like e-mail and music. I'd much prefer to pay a bit per month and have a team of professionals deal with it if the servers go down.
If at the end of the day my home server breaks and I want to get on and watch Amazon Prime/Netflix/whatever I still can with a hosted password manager. I value my time and sanity a lot more than £2 a month.
Currently doing just that, if any of my servers go down, i can still access all of my passwords on my desktop, on my laptop, on my tablet, on my phone or on my backup servers. Of course, provided that i have KeePass or a mobile app installed and know the master password.
Oh and I do manual backups to SD cards just to be sure every month. I'm not sure how I'd do that with a cloud service where in a sense their entire company (and my network connection to it) is a single point of failure. If my internet connection goes down, how would I log in to my selfhosted software in my homelab over LAN, without being able to access the passwords?
Potentially. Are you looking to make a prototype, or are you trying to go to prod with mission critical data?
Most people here could trivially roll a prototype grade password manager in pretty limited time. Getting something hardened and reliable is a different story.
Their client used to support this and they stopped. Because their current way makes them more money.
Their old client was super easy for non-technical users and groups (just enter Dropbox credentials, etc).
My time probably isn't as valuable as that of the many people here (about 5x less earnings on average in Latvia when compared to places like US), therefore it definitely makes sense for me to upskill myself in any way possible, especially if I get usable software out of it.
But if you take the container based approach, there is almost no administration to be done:
First, install Docker: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/#installation-methods (about 10 minutes, varies by distro)
Personally, i use Docker Swarm, but that's just a few more init commands and Docker Compose works as well: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/ (about 5 minutes)
Then, set up something like Caddy for a reverse proxy: https://hub.docker.com/_/caddy (probably 20 minutes)
And then, set up Nextcloud: https://hub.docker.com/_/nextcloud (probably 20 minutes)
Lastly, install KeePass from the previously mentioned links and put the password DB in the synced folder (probably 10 minutes)
Ngrok, DNS challenges etc. might be necessary depending on the setup, but are not usually required for most regular VPSes.
Backups and updates should also be taken care of, but full VPS backups are mostly standard and you can just bump the container tag every month.
Furthermore, I'd argue that most of the cloud offerings are actually problematic because not all of them let you download the data as files. In contrast, KeePass works with files (much like SQLite) and therefore, if you'd prefer to use SD cards or Samba or NFS or whatever instead of VPSes to somewhat decrease the attack surface, or simply use tools that you know, then you can do that. Want Syncthing instead of Nextcloud? Go ahead!
I'm putting emphasis on this because the line of thinking that we need web SaaS platforms for everything is dangerous - it makes you think that the problem is more complicated than it actually is. Whereas in reality some people probably get away with using password protected spreadsheets (don't do this). The problem is complicated only from a security perspective. That's it.
The cloud solutions excel at convenience and things like browser plugins and it's good that they're offering options for the less technically inclined folk, but they're far from the only option.
And specifically you only need the DB free tier to store a 1PW vault, so the only cost was paying for the 1PW client (which I am more than happy to pay for on major version updates, as long as it is not a subscription).
1PW removed functionality that existed, with goal (or at the very least the effect) of locking users into their own cloud platform with a new monthly bill.
After setup I rarely have to think about it, maybe manually synch a conflict between the dB's every 3 months or so.
Overall, _very_ happy with the setup.
The $0 competition for hackers is https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden
You have apps on every device to access your password database and do autofill. I stored everything in KeePass, recovery keys, TOTP seeds, sensitive documents and notes. I get the password sharing thing for families but for a single user they have the same featureset. The only thing missing is browser access but even though I now have browser access to Bitwarden I think I’ve used it like twice. I think I used Keyweb maybe once.
Your choice of solution isn't the same thing.
We're not the primary target audience for 1Password, we just happen to fit under the umbrella anyway.