Bad news about Bitwarden. Apparently their CEO changed, and everything looks like they are preparing for a sale.

Bitwarden has also stopped listing “Inclusion” and “Transparency” as tentpole values on its careers page.

On his LinkedIn page, Sullivan, Bitwarden’s new CEO, describes himself as having “robust experience in all facets of mergers and acquisitions, including direct experience with leading PE firms Hg, Vista Equity Partners, and TA Associates.”

There’s a bit of an irony in this story:

In a 2024 interview with Fast Company, Spearrin, Bitwarden’s founder, said he started working on the password manager as a hobby.

He wanted to learn about developing mobile apps and browser extensions, and was concerned that LogMeIn’s acquisition of LastPass, his preferred password manager, would lead to unwanted changes.

Let’s hope the Bitwarden clients will stay compatible with Vaultwarden, or at least there will be a fork, as I manage such an instance for my family (already since 2019).