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Bitwarden Switches to Commercial License (community.bitwarden.com)
submitted 14 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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[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 85 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

I really don’t want to have to switch password managers again.

[–] giant_smeeg@feddit.uk 14 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Don't even know where i'd switch.

Proton -> I already use Proton suite and I like the seperation, the 2 password option doesn't work for me either. I just need a seperate password.

Keepass -> I use quite a few devices and the sync just seems like a nightmare...

Any other options? For now i'll stick as BW is still great but will start exploring others.

[–] solxix@pawb.social 2 points 7 hours ago

If you have a Nextcloud server, you should try Passman.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 5 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Keepass X Syncthing

syncthing runs on everything and is easy to configure.

[–] ImmortalColeSlaw@lemmy.today 4 points 3 hours ago

Maybe it's changed in the year since I tried but I absolutely could not get syncthings to work on android

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

That’s not an option for iOS users.

[–] mbirth@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 hour ago

You could use Synctrain or maybe Möbius Sync to SyncThing-sync a folder with your phone, then use Strongbox or KeePassium or any other KeePass-compatible app to work with the file?

[–] Solrac@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

This, or Vaultwarden, but a lot of people swear by Keepass.

[–] Vitaly@feddit.uk 2 points 8 hours ago

I use UNIX pass utility, it's very minimal and works for me

[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Just rip the bandaid off.

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 hours ago

And go to what? What works as well / seamlessly as Bitwarden?

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Keepass.