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Why self host a password manager?
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I see, thanks for explaining. So IIUC, rook is intended for headless systems?
I use it for everything, but then, I wrote it. All of the desktop secret service tools have desktop dependencies (Gnome's uses Gnome libraries, KDE's pulls some KDE libraries) and run through DBUS; since I don't use a DE, it's a fair bit of unnecessary bloat. And I don't like GUI apps that just hang around in the background consuming resources. I open KeePassXC when I need to make changes to the DB, and then I shut it down. Otherwise, it hangs out in my task bar, distracting me.
Rook is for people who want to run on headless systems, or want to minimize resources usage, or don't use a desktop environment (such as Gnome or KDE), or don't run DBUS, or don't run systemd. It's for people who don't want a bunch of applications running in the background in their task bar. KeePassXC providing a secret service is great, but it's overkill if that's most of what it's providing for you, most of the time.
I don't think took is for everyone, or even for most people. It's for people who like to live mostly in the command line, or even in VTs.