@Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
2026-10-10 13:33 UTC
Bitwarden Switches to Commercial License
cross-posted from: 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
Replies (4)
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@AppleMango@lemmy.world 2026-10-10 15:57
I think all of us can just move to using Vaultwarden, it seems to fix problems even in the old free version of Bitwarden.
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@blarth@thelemmy.club 2026-10-10 13:46
I really don’t want to have to switch password managers again.
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@NGC2346@sh.itjust.works 2026-10-10 22:59
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.
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@ElGrande@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-11 01:50
Pretty much seen it coming when the new CEO came in and removed the words “Transparency” and “Always Free” from the official marketing.