Bitwarden
Open sourceBitwarden
- Category
- Security
- Version
- 2026.8.0
- Size
- ~1 MB
- Licence terms
- Open source (GPL v3) · free for personal use
- Supported OS
- Windows 11 · 10
- Install method
- Automatic install supported
- Developer
- Bitwarden
- Downloads via this site
This links to Bitwarden’s own download source. AfterFormat neither stores nor modifies installer files.
Check before installing
- Forget the master password and there is no way back — by design, the vendor cannot recover it either.
- Before reformatting, write down your master password and recovery code somewhere safe.
What it is
An open-source password manager that keeps every login in one place. It lets you use a different password on every site without memorising any of them, and with the browser extension it fills login forms for you. Free for personal use.
When to pick this
If you use many sites and have been reusing passwords. Saving them in the browser also works, but moving them out when you switch browsers is painful.
Details
Why it matters
Reusing one password everywhere means a single breach opens everything. Using a different one per site, without memorising them, is the point.
The master password
You memorise one. Forget it and there is no way back — by design the vendor cannot recover it either.
Before you reformat
Write the master password and recovery code down somewhere safe. People genuinely lock themselves out after a reformat.
Distribution
- winget ID
- Bitwarden.Bitwarden
- Redistribution policy
- Open source licence
- Last checked
- 2026-09-09
- Official site
- https://bitwarden.com/download/
