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Bitwarden Switches to Commercial License (community.bitwarden.com)
submitted 23 hours ago by Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/57178743

RyanL Bitwarden Employee

Hello everyone!

Starting in the next release, the Bitwarden apps published to the various stores will be the commercially licensed builds. No action is needed, and the apps will work exactly as they do today.

Bitwarden remains committed to open source security and transparency
The GPLv3 OSS licensed version continues to be updated and published on GitHub
All current features are available in both versions
License details are on GitHub
Bitwarden remains committed to a robust, free forever plan for everyone

If you have any questions, please ask them in this thread. Thanks all!

EDIT:

Bitwarden is not going closed-source
You can still fork Bitwarden
No change to self-hosting, the licensing change affects those who are repackaging and reselling Bitwarden
The free plan is here to stay permanently
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[-] NGC2346@sh.itjust.works 27 points 13 hours ago

If you are on Lemmy, theres very high probability that you also have the technical abilities required to self host Vaultwarden and stop relying on a greedy company for your most critical aspect.

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 10 points 6 hours ago

I could but I don't want. Self hosting something this important? I can't login to any website without this software, including my email. It's super critical.

[-] krysel@lemmy.ml 2 points 48 minutes ago* (last edited 47 minutes ago)

The vault gets synced to your devices. So even if your Backend goes down you dont lose access to your passwords in an instant

[-] Magnum@infosec.pub 4 points 5 hours ago

3-2-1 backups guys

[-] abc@suppo.fi 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Then again, if you can do that, why not just use pass

[-] lena@gregtech.eu 3 points 4 hours ago

There seems to be only one Android client, and it's been archived on Github. I kinda need an android client for a password manager to be usable.

[-] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 4 hours ago

Are the clients usable or is the user experience more like KeePass (i.e. bad)?

[-] AlexCory21@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

I have Vaultwarden, it works with the web app and browser extensions. But is there a vaultwarden specific android app? I know technically I can use the Bitwarden app. But sometimes they update the Bitwarden app too fast for all the changes to translate into Vaultwarden and then im kinda forced to use the web app.

The web app is just a minor inconvenience to me so I continue to use it. Just wondering if there is an easier Vaultwarden specific solution for android.

[-] Nullpwn@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, keyguard is pretty good

[-] EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

Then we will shit ... the enshitification exodus goes on

[-] Nullpwn@lemmy.world -1 points 7 hours ago

Yes because using a different then normies app also means technical skills. In fact, haven't your PhD diploma came along when you signed up for your Lemmy account?

this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2026
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