Bitwarden CLI

bwSecurity & secretsBy bitwarden ↗

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Access and manage vault items programmatically.

For your agent

Use bw to access and manage vault items programmatically.

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Example command

bw --help

Run after following the project’s setup instructions. Local files, credentials, or a connected service may be required.

What it does

Vault item access
Vault synchronization
Item management

Homebrew installs

bitwarden-cli ↗

Explicitly requested installation events

30 days: 5,666
90 days: 12,035
365 days: 45,047

From Homebrew installations that report analytics. Includes package variants; counts are not unique users.

Homebrew: Within freshness window. Last successful check 2026-10-27 12:14:32 UTC. Freshness policy ↗

Checked Oct 27, 2026. Source dated Oct 27, 2026. How installs are counted ↗

npm downloads

@bitwarden/cli ↗

30 days: 254,087
90 days: 679,345
365 days: 2,314,460

Package downloads, including automated and dependency downloads. Counts cover the mapped CLI package, excluding separate platform packages.

Downloads are not unique users or confirmed installations. Sources can overlap and should not be added together.

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Checked Oct 26, 2026. Periods end Oct 22, 2026. How downloads are counted ↗

GitHub activity: Within freshness window. Last successful check 2026-10-27 12:12:44 UTC. Freshness policy ↗

Repository activity

Commits per week · GitHub snapshot

406 commits across 5 weeks

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Commands and capabilities are described from the project documentation. Repository statistics cover bitwarden/clients, which may contain more than the CLI. Listing a tool does not mean every command has been tested with every agent.