email-sieves VS Bitwarden

This guy has some sieve filters shared: https://github.com/SoMuchToGrok/email-sieves

Bit Warden

Currently installed apps: Alfred for searching applications/files and launching websites quickly i Stat menus to monitor my hardware Geo Gebra Classic 6 for school Rectangle for better window management Obsidian for note taking Resolve for video editing and all utilities that come with it Bitwarden as my go-to password manager Microsoft Word, Excel PowerPoint and Teams for school Dropover for moving or sending more files quickly Gestimer for work sessions iTerm as a better terminal than the built-in one Python and all things that come with the install Parallels Desktop and all stuff that comes with the install for running windows only applications Visual Studio Code for coding Blender for 3D Image Optim CurseForge for modded Minecraft Minecraft Find any file Mac Updater 3; would love to have the pro version

This project will teach you how to generate random passwords, save passwords and login details, and autofill passwords. Think of Google Password Manager and Bitwarden.

If you have used this combo at many sites (which is of course not recommended) then download one of the available free Password Managers like Keepass, Bitwarden, Lastpass or any others you can find with a Google Search

Just a reminder that the official bitwarden server is also FOSS (AGPL):

https://github.com/bitwarden/server

Please note that bitwarden server is floss too - vaultwarden 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

The title is misleading. This is not fully "free and open-source". I'm actually puzzled by the licensing structure.

Bitwarden server is dual-licensed [1]

- part of it is licensed with AGPL (Open Source)

- some features are licensed with a source available Bitwarden license

Now, even the Open Source core requires you to register if you want to self host. This is to provide you with complementary services like security updates, push relay servers (?), and licensing checks. [2] Although not stated in the docs, I guess this also improves their telemetry data, as they suggest to never share the license keys between installations.

I completely understand the need to use source available licenses instead of open source. What I don't understand is why to even license parts of your app as Open Source? The resulting product is not free. Neither as in beer, nor as in speech. Does anyone know good reasons for doing that? I'm asking seriously. I'd like to better understand how companies 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...

I have now switched to using the BitWarden app with the self-hosted VaultWarden server. I have set it up, so my passwords are only accessible when connected to my home network either physically or with a VPN (I am using tailscale for this).