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Self-hosting Vaultwarden: what it takes, and what it costs
Bitwarden-compatible password manager. Tiny, boring, and it never phones home.
what it takes
- the machine
- Raspberry Pi 5 kit (4 GB, case, PSU, 64 GB card)
- the drives
- SanDisk High Endurance 64 GB
- to buy
- €198
- every monthelectricity where you are, plus offsite backup when the data cannot be replaced
- €3.61/mo
Figured for 500 GB of data. Change that, and everything else
why this machine
- 4 W at idle — electricity will stay a rounding error on your bill.
where to buy it
what Vaultwarden asks for
- memory
- 256 MB
- processor load
- 1 out of 5
- storage
- Almost none — it fits anywhere
- your data
- Holds things you cannot download again — budget for a real backup
Source code: github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden(opens in a new tab)
Price this for your own setup
The builder asks four to six questions and prices the whole thing — including whatever else you want to run alongside it.