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
  • NGC2346@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days 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.

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      3 days 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.

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        2 days 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

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          2 days ago

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

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            2 days ago

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

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          2 days ago

          yeah, until the client logs you out randomly. it has an increased chance when the server behaves funky.

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                16 hours ago

                Maybe that’s a bitwarden issue, I guess. One more point for selfhosting. Also, even if that were to happen to you, you most likely have it installed in more than one device. The chances of all sessions logging out at the same time would be extremely low.

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                  6 hours ago

                  The chances of all sessions logging out at the same time would be extremely low.

                  not all devices, but multiple of them did log out roughly the same time. so, don’t rely on storing the 2FA authenticator app’s password in it.

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                    3 hours ago

                    Or just use and maintain Vaultwarden properly. All you need to do is set up watchtower along with vaultarden and you’ll always be up to date. I’ve never had this problem so yes, I will continue to store my credentials there :)

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        2 days 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…

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      3 days 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.

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        3 days 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.

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          2 days ago

          They only have text on the home page, so I’m not super hopeful about that, but then they do link like 10 different compatible clients

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      3 days 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?