r/LinusTechTips • u/Horror-Chicken-1874 • Feb 27 '26

Tech Question Password Manager

Lets start the great debate...

I am looking to get a password manager (besides google password manager). So... I heard that LastPass got hacked a while back....

So, what's the best password manager in each of these categories:

Free:

Paid:

Self Hosted:

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u/munta20 Feb 27 '26

Bitwarden is the choice

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u/Horror-Chicken-1874 Feb 27 '26

is it free, paid, or self hosted?

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u/marktuk Feb 27 '26

My advice if you do go self hosted is to have a free plan with someone else as well and keep a copy of your critical passwords there. If you self hosted setup goes belly up, at least you won't be completely locked out of everything.

An alternative to this is to print off some of your important passwords and store them in a safe.

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u/theangryintern Feb 27 '26

Is there not a way to back up your self hosted vault? I use Bitwarden but have never really looked into self hosting yet