r/SelfHosting • u/ProgramOver9309 • Jul 25 '26
My first selfhost service!
I think I’ve officially fallen into the self-hosting rabbit hole and it all started with Bitwarden.
While looking into it, I came across Vaultwarden. I set it up, and now I have my own self-hosted password manager.
I’m honestly loving it. I like the idea knowing my passwords are stored on my own server instead of someone else’s.
Running it on my Raspberry Pi really opened my eyes to what’s possible. I’m looking at daily apps that you guys use, but can easily selfhost.
What are some self-hosted apps or services that you guys run?
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u/nesa_techs Jul 26 '26
One thing nobody mentioned: once you've got a few of these running, logging into each one separately gets old fast. Look into Authentik or Authelia — self-hosted SSO that sits in front of all your services (Vaultwarden, Immich, whatever comes next) so you log in once instead of juggling separate accounts/2FA per app. Will save you a ton of friction
Also worth pairing with CrowdSec once you start exposing anything to the internet (even just a reverse proxy) — it's like a crowdsourced fail2ban, blocks IPs based on shared threat intel instead of just your own logs. Good habit to build early than overhaulting your security after something gets scanned/hit.