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What makes you think self hosted password managers are any riskier than a cloud hosted one?
I'm in the camp that believes I'm not that interesting of a target, Bitwarden is a much better target than my Vaultwarden instance. Do I believe that makes me invisible to attackers, nope; if someone is targeting you, relying on an external company doesn't protect you, it just shifts the risks to them on paper.
Plus, if some is genuinely out to get you, they won't waste time finding a vaultwarden zeroday, they'll just bust out the wrenches....
Basically, because I feel that Bitwarden built this massive network with layers of security that I just don't possess, and their track record is very good in that regard. Yes, they have had some breaches, but none that I am aware of where its central user database or encrypted vaults were exposed. The latest was a supply chain incident in April 2026 which was part of a broader supply chain attack affecting Checkmarx, not a direct compromise of Bitwarden's infrastructure.
They are also a much bigger target, and can't hide behind obscurity.
So its 6 of one, half a dozen of the other.
Sure, I get that. It's just two things I don't selfhost.: Password Managers, and anything financial.
Yeah, mines not even exposed to the internet. I'd consider that more secure than cloud based bitwarden.