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Bitwarden Switches to Commercial License (community.bitwarden.com)

submitted 1 week 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 36 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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 22 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 9 points 1 week ago

3-2-1 backups guys

[–] giant_smeeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah vaultwarden and photos are the 2 things i'm too nervous to selfhost. I do selfhost basically everything else but these 2 things are too important for me to mess up that I just don't...

[–] AlexCory21@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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 1 week ago

Yeah, keyguard is pretty good

[–] EpicFailGuy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

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

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

How often do you update vaultwarden? This has never been an issue for me.

[–] abc@suppo.fi 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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

[–] lena 7 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] Nullpwn@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week 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?