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Bitwarden will publish commercially licensed app builds in app stores

community.bitwarden.com 7 min read Editor score 6/10

Bitwarden says upcoming app-store releases will use commercially licensed builds, while GPLv3 versions will continue to be published on GitHub and features remain available in both. The change matters to teams tracking the licensing and distribution of security software.

What

Bitwarden will publish commercially licensed app builds in app stores while continuing to publish a GPLv3 version on GitHub.

How

Both versions currently have all features, but some future components may be commercial-only; code remains viewable on GitHub.

Why it matters

Teams distributing or reselling Bitwarden need to account for the distinction between its commercial and GPLv3 builds.

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