Bitwarden Desktop Application

The Bitwarden desktop app is written using Electron and Angular. The application installs on Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions.

Build/Run

Requirements

• Node.js
• Windows users: To compile the native node modules used in the app you will need the Visual C++ toolset, available through the standard Visual Studio installer (recommended) or by installing windows-build-tools through npm. See more at Compiling native Addon modules.

API endpoint

By default the extension is targeting the production API. If you are running the Core API locally, you'll need to switch the extension to target your local instance. Open jslib/src/services/api.service.ts and set this.baseUrl and this.identityBaseUrl to your local API instance (ex. http://localhost:5000).

Run the app

npm install
npm run electron

Contribute

Code contributions are welcome! Please commit any pull requests against the master branch. Learn more about how to contribute by reading the CONTRIBUTING.md file.

Security audits and feedback are welcome. Please open an issue or email us privately if the report is sensitive in nature. You can read our security policy in the SECURITY.md file.