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Bitwarden Inc.

Bitwarden — Open-Source Password Manager

Open-source password manager with a usable free tier, Premium at around £15 a year (US$19.80 since January 2026), independent audits and self-hosting.

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Rob
By Rob · 1 min read
Company
Bitwarden Inc.
Headquarters
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Founded
2015 (as 8bit Solutions LLC)
License
GPL-3.0 (clients) / AGPL-3.0 (server)
Free tier
Unlimited passwords, unlimited devices, basic 2FA, sharing with 1 other user
Premium pricing
US$19.80/year (around £15) since January 2026
Families pricing
US$47.88/year (around £36) for up to 6 users
Encryption
AES-256-CBC with HMAC-SHA256, PBKDF2-SHA256 (600,000 iterations default) or Argon2id KDF
Audits
Cure53 (multiple), Insight Risk Consulting
Compliance
SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
Hardware key support
YubiKey, FIDO2 / WebAuthn (Premium)
Passkey support
Yes - store passkeys in vault and use passkey to log in to Bitwarden itself
Self-hosting
Official Docker server, community Vaultwarden (Rust)
Platforms
iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, web vault, browser extensions, CLI