Build Your Own Premium Password Manager for Zero Rupees (For You and Your Entire Family)
Host a fully featured, end-to-end encrypted password manager for your entire family using Vaultwarden on Google Cloud's free tier — secured behind a Cloudflare Tunnel and WAF, for exactly zero rupees.
# Build Your Own Premium Password Manager for Zero Rupees (For You and Your Entire Family)
Let us be completely honest for a second. Keeping track of passwords is an absolute nightmare. You are probably doing one of two things right now. Either you are using the same password for your bank and your Netflix account (please stop doing this), or you are paying a heavy 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 host it securely in the cloud and become the "cloud provider" for your entire family.
Today we are going to set up **Vaultwarden**. It is an open source and lightweight version of Bitwarden. It gives you unlimited passwords, instantly syncs across your Android, iPhone, Windows, and Mac, supports passkeys, and lets you securely share passwords with your family.
If you already have a home server or a Raspberry Pi running 24/7 in your house, you are golden. You can use that! But if you do not have any hardware, do not worry at all. We are going to use Google Cloud's "Always Free" tier.
Grab a cup of coffee. By the end of this guide, you will have a digital fortress that costs nothing to run.
### The Pre-requisites
Before we get our hands dirty, keep these three 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