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It seems AGPL but also has a paid tier which makes me wonder what their business model is.

Is it only the hassle of self hosting that stops potential customers from having the paid features for free?

I believe convenience and actually wanting to give something back to the creators would have many people pay for pro features, since it’s actually “Pay once, use for life”, which is a rare and welcome sight in this subscription-flooded world. And it still leaves people with low income the option to (legally?) circumvent payment. Not sure how sustainable this is as a business model, but I think it’s pretty nice compared to being forced into continuous payment.

Welp it appears from what I could find on their website that the Pro tier is needed to use all features even for selfhosted instances.

Am I missing something here or couldn’t people just fork this and pull off a vaultwarden?

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