JustMarkovSep 4, 2024

Is there any proprietary Android app for which you wish there would be an open-source alternative?

https://lemmy.ml/post/19917523

Is there any proprietary Android app for which you wish there would be an open-source alternative? - Lemmy

Basically, what the title says. Do you use any app, that is proprietary, but either has no OSS alternatives or they’re all not good enough? If there is an alternative, what keeps you from switching?

Show threadlemmy_eat_worldSep 4, 2024

Bitwarden. Most people think that their application is open source, but more and more of their code has shifted from the GPL/AGPL licensed code to code in their SDK, which is under a proprietary license. This led to their new Android app being disqualified from being hosted in F-Droid repos.

Keyguard was supposed to be an open source Bitwarden client, but the dev chose to use a custom proprietary license, so that is source available as well.

GitHub - bitwarden/sdk: Bitwarden Secrets Manager SDK

Bitwarden Secrets Manager SDK. Contribute to bitwarden/sdk development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadInEnduringGrowStrongSep 4, 2024
Vaultwarden ?
Show threadlemmy_eat_world
That’s actually a good point too: Vaultwarden is fully open source. The official Bitwarden server also has proprietary components.
server/bitwarden_license at main · bitwarden/server

Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc). - bitwarden/server

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Sep 4, 2024 at 3:44pmWeb
Show threadInEnduringGrowStrongSep 4, 2024
Yea but I didn’t realize the vaultwarden project didn’t also release client software.
I had looked into running my own vaultwarden, but without open source clients it’s maybe a bit moot. Although I guess the web interface can be considered a client, OS or browser integration is a convenient feature.