Bitwarden

Bitwarden is an identity security company that develops open source password management, secrets management and passwordless authentication software for individuals, enterprises and developers. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, the company operates globally. Its password management product allows sensitive information to be managed and shared across platforms with end-to-end encryption and is trusted by millions of users worldwide; a separate secrets management product handles the secure sharing of secrets for online collaboration, and passwordless authentication is offered as part of the same platform.

The engineering work spans end-to-end encryption, open source security, identity and access management, and developer tooling. Bitwarden is the only solution of its kind with a publicly available codebase, which independent security experts can inspect. The company reports a global open source community of more than 100,000 members, and a customer base ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies.

Bitwarden grew out of a nights-and-weekends side project. Its stated values centre on responsibility, inclusion and transparency, and its mission rests on the belief that no one should get hacked and that security should be accessible to everyone. The company describes its approach to security innovation as collaborative.