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…The upstream also had this issue, which appeared to be closed without a PR: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/issues/3650

comment by tacticalturtle · 2026-05-19 · in The quiet renovation at Bitwarden

…https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin https://github.com/AvaloniaUI/Avalonia https://github.com/bitwarden/server https://github.com/unoplatform/uno https://github.com/files-community/Files https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif ht

comment by zigzag312 · 2025-07-30 · in .NET 10 Preview 6 brings JIT improvements, one-shot tool execution

…ask Claude/ChatGPT for references to starting point. On C# specifically, I can recommend looking at https://github.com/bitwarden/server which is more "traditional" style but does not have much nonsense/bloat you would usually see in an…

comment by neonsunset · 2024-10-22 · in Learning to Learn

I like Bitwarden [0]. Backend in .NET. [0] https://github.com/bitwarden/server

comment by codegeek · 2024-07-01 · in Ask HN: what are examples of successful "open-source alternatives"?

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story by denismenace · 2024-05-03 · 0 comments

They are, but you have(?) to have a license to run the OSS server code. https://github.com/bitwarden/server Like the other commenter mentioned, vault warden is the independent server version that doesn't require any of that.

comment by zie · 2024-04-26 · in Passkeys: A shattered dream

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story by lovestaco · 2024-03-11 · 29 comments

Just a reminder that the official bitwarden server is also FOSS (AGPL): https://github.com/bitwarden/server

comment by e12e · 2023-09-25 · in Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

…is just a simpler backend to self-host (and without a dependency on Microsoft SQL server): https://github.com/bitwarden/server https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

comment by e12e · 2023-09-25 · in Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

…for the entire server codebase? [1]: https://bitwarden.com/help/install-on-premise-linux/ [2]: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/LICENSE_FAQ....

comment by wmal · 2023-09-25 · in Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

…benefit by marketing their products as Open Source, even if they are barely open source. [1]: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/LICENSE_FAQ.... [2]: https://bitwarden.com/help/hosting-faqs/#q-what-are-my-insta...

comment by wmal · 2023-09-25 · in Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager

At least part of the source code seems to be here: < https://github.com/bitwarden/server/tree/master/src/Core/Sec... >. The license is not clear to me: is the Secret Manager a “Bitwarden server”, or is it “Commercial.Core”? <…

comment by cognomano · 2023-08-23 · in Bitwarden Secrets Manager now generally available

…and does not follow blindly all the """fancy""" OOP patterns people should never use anyway. https://github.com/bitwarden/server Otherwise, I can see why people are burned, average Java/C# codebases look abysmal and written without…

comment by neonsunset · 2023-06-17 · in Ask HN: What are some of the most elegant codebases in your favorite language?

The official open source repo is https://github.com/bitwarden/server Vaultwarden is a compatible but 3rd party software.

comment by PhilippGille · 2023-01-18 · in Bitwarden Acquires Passwordless.dev

…on their current docker-compose file, it seems like they did away with the MS SQL server, at least: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/docker-unifi... [This issue]( https://github.com/bitwarden/server/pull/2487 ) also suggests…

comment by jeroenhd · 2023-01-18 · in Bitwarden Acquires Passwordless.dev

…of users at this point, while the latter is best utilized in self-hosted home or SMB scenarios. [0] https://github.com/bitwarden/server [1] https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

comment by neonsunset · 2023-01-12 · in Show HN: Mapperly – A .NET source generator for object to object mappings

Only saw the reply late. All enterprise features seem fully open source. Eg SSO is in the source at https://github.com/bitwarden/server/tree/master/bitwarden_li... Correction: that part of the source seems to be only 'source available'…

comment by jsmith99 · 2023-01-02 · in I Lost All Faith in LastPass

…of doing business, too. But their source code is publicly available. A lot of it is even under GPL: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/LICENSE_FAQ....

comment by nequo · 2022-12-29 · in I Lost All Faith in LastPass

…Less-automated solutions make impractical concessions in usability. Reference impl. in C#: https://github.com/bitwarden/server Self-host friendly impl. in Rust: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden p.s.: reference implementation is…

comment by neonsunset · 2022-12-27 · in What’s in a PR statement: LastPass breach explained

…an old, now resolved issue that was brought in thanks to a dependency on MS SQL on the server side: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/issues/286

comment by Karunamon · 2022-12-23 · in The Rise of User-Hostile Software (2021)

Not a .NET developer, but even as such, the Bitwarden code was very readable to me https://github.com/bitwarden/server

comment by Sheeny96 · 2022-10-25 · in Ask HN: Examples of Top C# Code?

…are no restrictions to self hosting Bitwarden. [0]: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden [1]: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/LICENSE_FAQ....

comment by doodlesdev · 2022-09-10 · in Bitwarden: Avoid at all costs (outage issue)

…> The Bitwarden License does not qualify as an open source license under the OSI definition [0]: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/LICENSE_FAQ.... (permalink → https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/f848eb247767fbba8a4... )

comment by n3t · 2022-09-10 · in Bitwarden: Avoid at all costs (outage issue)

The code for the server is AGPLv3 https://github.com/bitwarden/server , with only things in the /bitwarden_license/ directory being proprietary. The code for the mobile apps is GPLv3 https://github.com/bitwarden/mobile/blob/master/LICENSE.t…

comment by buro9 · 2022-09-06 · in Bitwarden raises $100M

…a server yourself (either running the official server [1] or the compatible Vaultwarden [2]). [1]: https://github.com/bitwarden/server [2]: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

comment by jamessb · 2022-09-06 · in KeePass is the free, open source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager

…already open source and aren't you just asking people to trust you till you take VC money? [0] - https://github.com/bitwarden/server

comment by mcdan · 2022-09-06 · in Bitwarden raises $100M

Bitwarden/server has some proprietary components: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/tree/master/bitwarden_li... Plus it is AGPL + CLA so bitwarden themselves can do what they want

comment by Macha · 2022-09-06 · in Bitwarden raises $100M

…make it closed-source), you would have to spin up a new community to maintain the AGPL fork. [1] https://github.com/bitwarden/server/graphs/contributors

comment by acatton · 2022-09-06 · in Bitwarden raises $100M

…ttps://github.com/dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs 2- https://github.com/aspnetboilerplate/aspnetboilerplate 3- https://github.com/bitwarden/server 4- https://github.com/abpframework/abp

comment by alperonline · 2022-05-23

It's MSSQL: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/util/Setup/T...

comment by nacs · 2022-04-21 · in Self-Hosting Bitwarden on DigitalOcean

…host whatever we want you to self host, always. Compose template for the setup component is here: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/util/Setup/T...

comment by mhio · 2022-04-21 · in Self-Hosting Bitwarden on DigitalOcean

The compose file is created by the setup container and can be found here: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/util/Setup/T...

comment by zeeZ · 2022-04-21 · in Self-Hosting Bitwarden on DigitalOcean

…curls from some malware-looking domain defeats the purpose of having tagged scripts, doesn't it? https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/v1.48.1/scripts/bit... Don't worry, even the redirected "self-host" version does the same trick for…

comment by mdaniel · 2022-04-20 · in Self-Hosting Bitwarden on DigitalOcean

…is quite split apart into separate areas, presumably so they can scale independently of each other: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/SETUP.md But most people are going to want to host self-hosted instances for themselves,…

comment by matthew-wegner · 2021-12-23 · in Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust

…upstream breaking APIs. "The server project is written in C# using .NET Core with ASP.NET Core." https://github.com/bitwarden/server Seems like alternative DB providers is in alpha stage right now. Mono and netcore is not the same, netcore…

comment by carlhjerpe · 2021-10-15 · in Syncthing – a continuous file synchronization program

…but not open source. This is because, for example, section 2.3 of the license agreement ( https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/LICENSE_BITW... ) conflicts with section 6 of the Open Source Definition ( https://opensource.org/osd…

comment by commoner · 2021-09-05 · in Bitwarden is now in Arch Linux community repository

…the software is free to access, too). It's just freeware / sample code. The license for this code https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/LICENSE_BITW... says, > 2.4 Third Party Software. The Commercial Modules may contain or be…

comment by geofft · 2021-09-04 · in Bitwarden is now in Arch Linux community repository

Open Source, but not Free Software. Check out the custom licenced code within https://github.com/bitwarden/server/tree/master/bitwarden_li...

comment by pricechild · 2021-09-04 · in Bitwarden is now in Arch Linux community repository

I hadn't realised half the "official" server was under a non-commercial custom licence. https://github.com/bitwarden/server Last I looked, it wasn't fun to self-host anyway. Vaultwarden ftw!

comment by pricechild · 2021-09-04 · in Bitwarden is now in Arch Linux community repository

Is this not the server you are looking for? :-) https://github.com/bitwarden/server

comment by julianh95 · 2021-09-04 · in Bitwarden is now in Arch Linux community repository

Bitwarden is written in C# ( https://github.com/bitwarden/server ). If you want a project that impresses you, look at Ryujinx ( https://github.com/Ryujinx/Ryujinx )

comment by jpeter · 2021-06-25 · in Bflat: C# as you know it but with Go-like tooling

This issue claims they are starting work on PostgreSQL support this week. https://github.com/bitwarden/server/issues/453

comment by nwah1 · 2021-03-12 · in Bitwarden Send - A trusted way to securely share information with anyone

…their use of a too-fast KDF and low iteration count. https://github.com/bitwarden/jslib/issues/52 https://github.com/bitwarden/server/issues/589

comment by sneak · 2021-03-02 · in LastPass Android app has got 7 trackers in it

What do you think about this reply on that thread? https://github.com/bitwarden/server/issues/589#issuecomment-...

comment by Shoop · 2021-02-22 · in Why we are still using PBKDF2-SHA256 despite being aware of its limitations

…max iteration count on a user account to something that remains insecure. They refuse to fix it. https://github.com/bitwarden/server/issues/589

comment by sneak · 2021-02-22 · in Why we are still using PBKDF2-SHA256 despite being aware of its limitations

As far as I can tell Bitwarden is using that and pulling that info here: https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/0f1efdd18b879ccdf41...

comment by johnbatch · 2020-09-20 · in Bitwarden leaks passwords to other subdomains

Probably the underlying stack. From https://github.com/bitwarden/server#requirements : Requirements .NET Core 3.1 SDK SQL Server 2017

comment by tilolebo · 2020-07-08 · in KeePassXC 2.6.0 Released

…tools (.net etc), but about them hosting on azure: Bitwarden can be selfhosted just fine on Linux. https://github.com/bitwarden/server#linux--macos

comment by berkes · 2020-07-08 · in KeePassXC 2.6.0 Released

…can be self-hosted as well, and there are multiple open-source server implementations. [1][2] [1] https://github.com/bitwarden/server [2] https://github.com/dani-garcia/bitwarden_rs

comment by systemcluster · 2020-07-08 · in KeePassXC 2.6.0 Released

…The official docker version looked way too complicated imo -> https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/master/scripts/run.... Pretty straightforward, lightweight, no issues so far

comment by pouulet · 2020-03-10 · in Ask HN: What's the best corporate password manager?