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Bitwarden vs pass: catalog facts
Bitwarden	pass
Freemium Free tier; Premium is $1.65/month billed annually, Families $3.99/month; Teams and…	Free Free and open source under the GPL.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, Web, Browser extension, Command line, Self-hosted	macOS, Linux, Command line
Clients for browsers, desktop, mobile, web and CLI with cloud sync Free tier includes unlimited devices and passwords, passkeys and Bitwarden Send	Storage is plain encrypted files, so scripting and syncing are trivial Git integration gives full history of every secret
Offline use is read-only; items cannot be added or edited without a connection F-Droid build has no push notifications, so vault sync is manual	Filenames are not encrypted, so the structure of your vault is visible Requires GPG key management, which is the hardest part for most people
Downloadable app, Web application, Browser extension, Hosted service, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-only	License: GPL-2.0
Account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 20, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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