June 17 2026

Password managers protect the keys to your entire digital life, so who holds those keys, and on what terms? In this talk, we will walk through what it actually takes to self-host an open source password manager on hardware you control.

We’ll cover the zero-knowledge architecture that makes self-hosting safe, the deployment options available (including the lightweight Bitwarden Lite container that’s well-suited for ARM and low-resource environments), and the networking and operational decisions that separate a hobby setup from one you’d trust your family or team with.

The session includes a live deployment of Bitwarden on a Raspberry Pi, a tour of the command-line interface for power users, and an honest discussion of the tradeoffs, including when self-hosting isn’t the right answer. Attendees will leave with a working mental model, a reproducible setup, and the confidence to run their own vault.