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Bitwarden is a freemium open-source password management service that is used to store sensitive information, such as website credentials, in an encrypted vault. It is owned and developed by Bitwarden, Inc.

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Software.name
Bitwarden
Software.logo
Bitwarden logo.svg
Software.screenshot
Bitwarden Desktop 2025.7.0 screenshot.webp
Software.caption
Bitwarden Desktop Client 2025.7.0
Software.author
Kyle Spearrin
Software.developer
Bitwarden Inc.
Software.ver layout
stacked
Software.programming language
TypeScript, C#, and Rust
Software.operating system
Linux, macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS
Software.language
Multilingual
Software.genre
Password manager
Software.license
Server: AGPL-3.0-onlyClients: GPL-3.0-onlySome modules: Proprietary

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Official website

Best Password Manager for Business, Enterprise & Personal | Bitwarden

Bitwarden is the most trusted password manager for passwords and passkeys at home or at work, on any browser or device. Start with a free trial.

bitwarden.com

Millions of users around the world, including many of the world’s largest organizations, trust Bitwarden to protect their online information using a transparent, open source approach to password management. Open source software sets Bitwarden apart as the solution trusted by businesses and individuals to manage their online information easily and securely. Robust security standards protect critical data with end-to-end encryption and enable secure information sharing for safer online collaboration and increased productivity. Bitwarden envisions a world where no one gets hacked, and we recognize this is only possible by working together. The global Bitwarden community shapes our mission to empower individuals, teams, and organizations to safely manage their sensitive information online. With responsibility, inclusion, and transparency at the core of our company values, we strive for excellence by delivering security solutions that anyone can use and everyone can trust. Get the latest on new product features, online security best practices, and password management resources. Visit Bitwarden on social media where we share password security tips, best practices, and the latest product updates. Bitwarden, Inc. 1 North Calle Cesar Chavez, Suite 102 Santa Barbara, CA 93103 USA Bitwarden equips enterprises and individuals with the power to securely manage and share information online with trusted open source security solutions. With Password Manager for everyone, users can easily manage their entire online identity anywhere. Bitwarden Secrets Manager and Passwordless.dev enhance developer secrets security and streamline passkey development for end users and workforce authentication. Founded in 2016, Bitwarden serves over 80,000 businesses and more than 15 million users in over 180 countries and 50+ languages. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. Learn more at bitwarden.com . Bitwarden is a trusted security leader for millions of users worldwide, empowering enterprises, developers, and individuals to securely manage and share sensitive information anywhere. Bitwarden makes it easy for all users to extend robust security across their devices with password management, secrets management, and passwordless and passkey innovations. Bitwarden empowers everyone to securely manage online identities and share sensitive information online with trusted security solutions for passwords, secrets, and passkey management. Bitwarden empowers everyone with trusted security solutions to manage sensitive information online. Explore Password Manager, Secrets Manager, and passkey innovations. Bitwarden Password Manager for organizations and individuals requiring password security to reduce the risk of breaches, boost productivity, and achieve compliance. Bitwarden Secrets Manager for developers and DevOps teams to securely centralize and manage machine credentials across the development lifecycle. Bitwarden Passwordless.dev for developers building FIDO2 WebAuthn-based passkey authentication for websites and applications. Yes. Bitwarden is a corporation headquartered in Santa Barbara, California with employees located in the U.S. and around the world. Bitwarden uses Administrative Data to provide the Bitwarden Service to its users. We list the data collected in the security section of our help website here: The Bitwarden business model focuses on paid business and individual plans. You can read more in this blog: Defining and sustaining value for Bitwarden users Also, every free Bitwarden account includes Bitwarden Send which allows you to transmit any information, passwords, or other, with any other user in an end-to-end encrypted format. The Bitwarden Basic Free Account provides unlimited passwords across unlimited devices. No other offering from any other major provider comes close to this offering. Yes. Both our free and paid plans have multifactor authentication. The free plan includes authenticator app or emai

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Source code

The Bitwarden Server project contains the APIs, database, and other core infrastructure items needed for the "backend" of all bitwarden client applications. The server project is written in C using .NET Core with ASP.NET Core. The database is written in T-SQL/SQL Server. The codebase can be developed, built, run, and deployed cross-platform on Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions. Please refer to the Server Setup Guide in the Contributing Documentation for build instructions, recommended tooling, code style tips, and lots of other great information to get you started. You can deploy Bitwarden using Docker containers on Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions. Use the provided PowerShell and Bash scripts to get started quickly. Find all of the Bitwarden images on GitHub Container Registry. Interested in contributing in a big way? Consider joining our team! We're hiring for many positions. Please take a look at our Careers page to see what opportunities are currently open as well as what it's like to work at Bitwarden. Code contributions are welcome! Please commit any pull requests against the main branch. Learn more about how to contribute by reading the Contributing Guidelines. Check out the Contributing Documentation for how to get started with your first contribution.

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bitwarden.com
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Bitwarden Desktop 2025.7.0 screenshot.webp
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inception
2016-08-10
source code repository URL
github.com/nextcloud/server
software version identifier
32.0.3
Commons category
Bitwarden
social media followers
11500
official blog URL
bitwarden.com/blog
official forum URL
community.bitwarden.com
service status information URL
status.bitwarden.com
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17 sections
Contents
  • Functionalities
  • Availability
  • Compliance
  • Security audits
  • Reception
  • History
  • 2016–2017
  • 2018
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
  • Security
  • 2024 evaluation of password checkup tools
  • 2025 DOM-based extension clickjacking
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Bitwarden is a freemium open-source password management service that is used to store sensitive information, such as website credentials, in an encrypted vault. It is owned and developed by Bitwarden, Inc.

== Functionalities == Bitwarden uses zero-knowledge encryption, meaning the company cannot see its users' data. This is achieved by end-to-end encrypting data with AES-CBC 256-bit and by using PBKDF2 SHA-256/Argon2id to derive the encryption key.

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