An easy-to-build Pi-powered pocket password companion

Sometimes we see a project where it's clear: its creator is serious about making a project idea accessible to newcomers; and today's project is one of those cases. The BYOPM - Bring Your Own Password Manager, a project by [novamostra] - is a Pi Zero powered device to carry your passwords. This project takes the Pi Zero's now well-explored USB gadget functionality, integrates it into a Bitwarden-based password management toolkit to create LAN-attached password storage, and renders a tutorial sufficiently simple so that everyone can follow it to create their own.

For the physical part, the assembly instructions are short and simple: you only need to solder a single button to meet the hardware requirements, and there is a 3D printable thin case if you want to make the Pi Zero much more of pocket. - nice too! For the software part, the instructions take you step by step through setting up an SD card with a Raspbian image, then installing all the tools and setting up a system with networking exposed on the interface of the USB gadget. From there, you set up a Bitwarden instance and eventually learn how to connect it to corresponding browser extensions. Since the purpose of the device is password management and storage, it also reminds you to make backups, specifically indicating which files you want to keep track of.

Overall, such a device helps you carry your passwords wherever you need them, you can build it even if your Raspberry Pi skills are minimal so far, and it's guaranteed to give you the feeling that only a self-built pocket gadget with a clear purpose can give you! Looking for something less dependent on networking and the command line? Here is a button and screen compatible Pi Zero gadget that uses the pass.