bitwarden-go

A Bitwarden-compatible server written in Golang

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A Bitwarden-compatible server written in Golang

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Nov 2018	2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC	2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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h1d·Nov 12, 2018

For reference, the official implementation uses MSSQL, and it's asking for 2GB memory instances, so I can see people liking alternatives. https://help.bitwarden.com/article/install-on-premise/ And there are also other third party implementations too, Go : https://github.com/VictorNine/bitwarden-go Ruby : https://github.com/jcs/rubywarden

In Bitwarden Completes Third-Party Security Audit

lhl·Jul 11, 2018

There's also a Go implementation: https://github.com/VictorNine/bitwarden-go/

In Bitwarden – Open Source Password Manager

zie·Apr 12, 2018

There are 2 3rd party bitwarden servers: https://github.com/jcs/bitwarden-ruby https://github.com/VictorNine/bitwarden-go but to run the bitwarden-blessed one see: https://help.bitwarden.com/article/install-on-premise/

In 1Password for Open Source Projects

zie·Mar 26, 2018

There is the ruby version, that others mentioned and there is also the go implementation: https://github.com/VictorNine/bitwarden-go

In Lockbox – A stand-alone password manager that works with Firefox for desktop

zie·Feb 28, 2018

I don't see anything wrong, but will add: Bitwarden has a desktop app(electron .. sigh but is cross-platform) and has integrations with all the major browsers (Safari, Firefox, Chrome, IE) Bitwarden also has Mobile support (iOS, Android & UWP). KeepassXC only does Chrome(and family) and Firefox I believe. Running your own bitwarden server is not difficult, and there are 3 implementations that I know about: The original .NET: https://github.com/bitwarden/core The Ruby one: https://github.com/jcs/bitwarden-ruby/ The Go one: https://github.com/VictorNine/bitwarden-go

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