How to Host Your Own Premium Password Manager for Zero Cost (For You and Your Entire Family)

Let us be honest, keeping track of passwords is a nightmare. You either end up using the same password for your bank and your Netflix account (please do not do this) or you pay a monthly subscription for a premium password manager. But what if I told you that you can get all the premium features of a top-tier password manager for exactly zero rupees? And even better, you can become the "cloud provider" for your entire family so they get it for free too. Today, we are going to set up **Vaultwarden**. It is an open-source, lightweight version of Bitwarden. It gives you unlimited passwords, syncs across all your devices, supports auto-fill on your phone, and lets you securely share passwords with your family. If you already have a home server or a Raspberry Pi running 24/7, you are golden! You can use that. But if you do not have any hardware, do not worry. We will use Google Cloud's "Always Free" tier. Let's get started. ### Pre-requisites Before we begin, make sure you have these things ready: 1. **A Domain Name:** You need a web address like `myvault.com`. You can buy a cheap one from Cloudflare, GoDaddy, or Namecheap. 2. **A Free Cloudflare Account:** Just sign up at cloudflare.com and add your domain there. 3. **A Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Account:** You will need a credit card to verify you are a human, but we will make sure they do not charge you. ### Step 1: Claim Your Free Google Cloud Server Google gives everyone a tiny server for free, forever. It is called