Developers · Updated 10 Oct, 08:02 pm IST
Bitwarden will publish commercially licensed builds while keeping GPLv3 code on GitHub
Why it matters for readers: It means the apps you download will be under a commercial license but the project is not going closed‑source and the repo stays public.
- Apps published to app stores will be the commercially licensed builds starting in the next release.1
- The GPLv3 open‑source version will continue to be updated and published on GitHub and can be read, audited, forked, and contributed to.1
- All current features are available in both the commercially licensed and OSS versions, and self‑hosting is not changing.1
- The licensing change primarily affects parties who repackage and resell Bitwarden; the company says the free forever plan will remain.1
- Some future components may be released only under the commercial license, with new features evaluated case‑by‑case.1
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