Published version update in app stores
community.bitwarden.com
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...

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
  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    12 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.mlEnglish
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      6 hours 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

      • John@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        5 hours ago

        So you have basically a local copy on your phone, for example, that syncs when possible?

        • krysel@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 hours ago

          yes, exactly. This gives you at least some time that you have to figure out what went wrong with your vaultwarden server/connection