Hey! I would like to selfhost a password manager but I can’t decide which one to use. I am looking to use it only locally. I really like the UIs of Padloc and Passbolt. For passbolt to work properly I would need a mailserver, right? I do not want to set up a mailserver. Do I need one to selfhost Padloc?

I already tried to set up the Padloc Docker Container, but it gives me some errors. Maybe, there is another package for Padloc selfhost? Like a deb or snap package?

Do you have any other recommendations for which one to use? Maybe one thats NOT a docker container? Any other tips?

Thanks for reading this, looking forward to reading your answers & opinions! :)

  • @[email protected]BEnglish
    1•11 months ago

    There’s two options that are popular, as you may have guessed from the comments.

    Vaultwarden is (my guess) the more popular one with a server & web interface managing your password database on that server.

    KeePass is a standalone tool that relies on a local database file. You’ll see other names like KeePassXC as that’s the Linux client, anything that’s roughly KeePass is all the same concept --and importantly, compatible with the same encrypted database file of passwords.

    It’s worth noting that Vaultwarden stores your passwords locally in case you can’t get to your server, and KeePass has very good built-in syncing over files. And since KeePass is just dealing with that file you can easily get it to your phone (or even in a browser) with something that does file sharing over the web like Nextcloud. Anything webdav or syncthing will work for sharing the file but Nextcloud has a great plugin to ALSO let you use the KeePass file directly in nextcloud web interface.

    Personally I use KeePass as I hadn’t heard of Vaultwarden when I started but with the file sync on save feature I have KeePass syncing to my NAS from both laptop & desktop. With NC I have it syncing to the web using the NC file/folder sync tool. With thr NC app I can use it on any browser. With the Android app I can sync the database from NC to my phone. I’ve got copies of the database everywhere and I can’t imagine losing it (exactly what I want with everything, but especially passwords).