Bitwarden

Bitwarden is an identity security company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. It develops open source password management, secrets management, and passwordless authentication software for individuals, enterprises and developers worldwide. What began as a nights-and-weekends side project now serves a customer base ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies, with an active global community of more than 100,000 members.

The company's flagship Password Management product lets users securely store and share sensitive information such as passwords, with end-to-end encryption protecting critical data and supporting secure collaboration. Secrets Management and Passwordless Authentication extend the same platform. Technical work spans password management, secrets management, passwordless authentication, end-to-end encryption, open source security and identity security, across cybersecurity, enterprise software, developer tools and consumer software.

Bitwarden reports that its password manager is trusted by millions of users worldwide. The company operates globally and states a mission of making security accessible to everyone, premised on the belief that no one should get hacked. Open source transparency sits at the centre of this mission.

The company describes its core values as responsibility, inclusion and transparency, and its approach to security innovation as collaborative.