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.Dd April 16, 2026
.Dt RBW 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm rbw
.Nd unofficial command line client for Bitwarden
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Ar command
.Op Ar options
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is an unofficial command line client for Bitwarden.
It runs a background agent
.Pq rbw-agent
that keeps the decrypted vault in memory, so you do not need to enter
your master password for every operation.
The agent behaves similarly to
.Xr ssh-agent 1
or
.Xr gpg-agent 1 .
.Sh COMMANDS
.Ss Account Management
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm register
Register this device with the Bitwarden server.
Required before the first login when using the official Bitwarden server,
to avoid bot detection.
Use your personal API key credentials.
.It Cm login
Log in to the Bitwarden server.
.It Cm unlock
Unlock the local Bitwarden database.
.It Cm unlocked
Check if the local Bitwarden database is currently unlocked.
.It Cm lock
Lock the password database.
.It Cm sync
Update the local copy of the Bitwarden database from the server.
.It Cm purge
Remove the local copy of the password database.
.It Cm stop-agent
Terminate the background agent.
.El
.Ss Viewing Entries
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm list Op Fl -fields Ar fields
List all entries in the local Bitwarden database.
.Fl -fields
accepts a comma-separated list of
.Cm id ,
.Cm name ,
.Cm user ,
.Cm folder ,
.Cm type .
Default:
.Cm name .
Alias:
.Cm ls .
.It Cm get Ar name Op Ar user
Display the password for the given entry.
.Op Fl -field Ar field
prints a specific field instead of the password.
.Op Fl -full
also prints the notes.
Alias:
.Cm show .
.It Cm search Ar term
Search for entries whose name, username, or URI matches
.Ar term .
.It Cm code Ar name Op Ar user
Display the current TOTP authenticator code for the given entry.
Alias:
.Cm totp .
.It Cm history Ar name Op Ar user
View the password history for the given entry.
.El
.Ss Modifying Entries
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm add Ar name Op Ar user
Add a new password entry.
Opens
.Ev $VISUAL
or
.Ev $EDITOR
to enter the password and notes.
The first line is saved as the password; the rest as notes.
.It Cm generate Ar len Op Ar name Op Ar user
Generate a new random password of length
.Ar len .
If
.Ar name
is given, saves the password to the database.
.Op Fl -no-symbols
generates without special characters.
.Op Fl -only-numbers
generates a numeric password.
.Op Fl -nonconfusables
avoids visually similar characters.
.Op Fl -diceware
generates a passphrase of
.Ar len
words from the EFF word list.
Alias:
.Cm gen .
.It Cm edit Ar name Op Ar user
Modify an existing entry.
Opens
.Ev $VISUAL
or
.Ev $EDITOR
with the current password and notes.
.It Cm remove Ar name Op Ar user
Remove an entry from the database.
Alias:
.Cm rm .
.El
.Ss Configuration
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm config show
Display all current configuration settings.
.It Cm config set Ar key Ar value
Set a configuration option.
Valid keys are:
.Bl -tag -width notifications_url -compact
.It Cm email
Bitwarden account email address.
.It Cm base_url
Base URL for a self-hosted Bitwarden server.
.It Cm identity_url
Identity service URL (overrides
.Cm base_url ) .
.It Cm ui_url
Web vault UI URL (overrides
.Cm base_url ) .
.It Cm notifications_url
Notifications service URL (overrides
.Cm base_url ) .
.It Cm lock_timeout
Seconds of inactivity before the agent locks the vault.
Default:
.Cm 3600 .
.It Cm sync_interval
Seconds between automatic syncs.
Default:
.Cm 3600 .
Set to
.Cm 0
to disable.
.It Cm pinentry
Pinentry program to use for password prompts.
Default:
.Cm pinentry .
.It Cm client_cert_path
Path to a PEM client certificate for mutual TLS.
.El
.El
.Ss Shell Completions
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Cm gen-completions Ar shell
Print a shell completion script to stdout.
Supported shells:
.Cm bash ,
.Cm zsh ,
.Cm fish ,
.Cm powershell ,
.Cm elvish ,
.Cm nushell ,
.Cm fig .
.El
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ev VISUAL , EDITOR
Editor used by
.Cm add
and
.Cm edit
commands.
.It Ev RBW_AGENT
Path to a custom
.Xr rbw-agent 1
binary.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Pa $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rbw/config.json
Configuration file.
Defaults to
.Pa ~/.config/rbw/config.json .
.It Pa $XDG_DATA_HOME/rbw/
Vault data and device identifier.
Defaults to
.Pa ~/.local/share/rbw/ .
.It Pa $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/rbw/
Agent socket and PID file.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
Log in and unlock the vault:
.Dl $ rbw login
.Dl $ rbw unlock
.Pp
List all entries:
.Dl $ rbw list
.Pp
Get the password for an entry:
.Dl $ rbw get github.com
.Pp
Get the password for a specific user:
.Dl $ rbw get github.com myuser
.Pp
Add a new entry:
.Dl $ rbw add github.com myuser
.Pp
Generate and store a 20-character password:
.Dl $ rbw generate 20 github.com myuser
.Pp
Get a TOTP code:
.Dl $ rbw code github.com
.Pp
Use a self-hosted server:
.Dl $ rbw config set base_url https://bitwarden.example.com
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rbw-agent 1 ,
.Xr pinentry 1 ,
.Xr gpg-agent 1 ,
.Xr ssh-agent 1
.Sh AUTHORS
.An -nosplit
.Nm
was written by
.An Jesse Luehrs Aq Mt doy@tozt.net .
.Pp
This manual page was written by
.An Nadzeya Hutsko Aq Mt nadzeya@debian.org .
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