Bitwarden clarifies open source commitment amid user concerns
Some users worried the password management platform could be moving to a more restrictive licensing scheme
Bitwarden has sought to calm user backlash in the wake of source code changes that had raised concerns among users.
Phoronix readers recently flagged concerns about the company's apparent shift away from an open source model. The password manager platform has traditionally operated on a ‘freemium’ model, providing some code as open source.
But a pull request earlier in October 2024 raised eyebrows due to the fact the Bitwarden client introduced a “bitwarden/sdk-internal” dependence to the desktop client.