# Bitwarden Password Manager and Secrets Manager

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** api, password, secrets, token\
**Created:** [February 23, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205 "2025-02-23T08:56:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205/1 "2025-02-23T08:56:17Z")

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Hello,

I’m using Bitwarden Password Manager as password manager.  
I’m looking for a Julia client to retrieve API keys stored in Bitwarden Secret Manager.  
(Instead of string into flat .env file or any other solution like that)  
Is there any Julia package similar to

> **[GitHub - bitwarden/sdk-sm: Bitwarden Secrets Manager SDK.](https://github.com/bitwarden/sdk-sm)**
>
> Bitwarden Secrets Manager SDK.

Cross posted at

> **[Julialang support in Bitwarden Secret Manager](https://community.bitwarden.com/t/julialang-support-in-bitwarden-secret-manager/81881)**
>
> Hello, I’m looking for Julialang support in Bitwarden Secret Manager. I searched in this forum but didn’t find any other suggestion about such a feature request. Any opinion?

Best regards

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**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 10:22am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205/2 "2025-02-23T10:22:16Z")

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Julia’s FFI is pretty good. So creating a binding should hopefully be not too hard.

> **[Calling C and Fortran Code · The Julia Language](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/calling-c-and-fortran-code/)**
>
> Documentation for The Julia Language.

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**Author:** ![scelles](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/scelles/32/220408_2.png) [@scelles](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/scelles)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205/3 "2025-02-23T10:35:15Z")

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I looked at Python code and they are using Maturin.  
But I also noticed some references to OpenAPI (ex Swagger).  
I think using a code generator from API is required.

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**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205/4 "2025-02-23T17:29:06Z")

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The CLI is available from [`bitwarden_cli_jll.jl`](https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/bitwarden_cli_jll.jl), which you could wrap with a higher level interface.

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**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205/5 "2025-02-23T17:52:15Z")

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Thanks @cjdoris but it looks quite old (I hope it’s still maintained)

Moreover there is 2 CLI

- `bw` to deal with Bitwarden Password Manager
- `bws` to deal with Bitwarden Secrets Manager

Currently I only see support for `bw` (not `bws`)

I prefer not to give access to my entire own vault to a script… abd so `bws` is more appropriated.

That’s why bws is better for my use case.

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**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205/6 "2025-02-23T18:20:20Z")

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I could install with:

```julia
julia> using CondaPkg

(@v1.10) pkg> conda add maturin

also with (but likely above is preferred):
(@v1.10) pkg> conda pip_add maturin

```

> [@cjdoris](#):
>
> The CLI is available from [`bitwarden_cli_jll.jl`](https://github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/bitwarden_cli_jll.jl)

It is quite old yes, and probably without “`bws` to deal with Bitwarden Secrets Manager” as you say. It does support the main platforms, for 64-bit, including macOS, though not for Arm. If Maturin works for you you can use it (it additionally supports FreeBSD) with PythonCall.jl, though I see:

> <https://github.com/bitwarden/sdk-sm/issues/1148>
>
> \### Steps To Reproduce
> 
> 1. Open a terminal on MacOS
> 2. Run \`pip3 install bitw…arden-sdk\`
> 
> 
> \### Expected Result
> 
> I expect \`ansible-sdk\` to be installed successfully
> 
> \### Actual Result
> 
> \`\`\`
> Collecting bitwarden-sdk
> Using cached bitwarden\_sdk-1.0.0.tar.gz (374 kB)
> Installing build dependencies ... done
> Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
> Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
> error: subprocess-exited-with-error
> 
> × Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
> │ exit code: 1
> ╰─\> \[10 lines of output\]
> 🔗 Found pyo3 bindings
> 🐍 Found CPython 3.8 at /Users/otterbotter/../bin/python3
> 📡 Using build options bindings, compatibility from pyproject.toml
> 💥 maturin failed
> Caused by: Failed to read /private/var/folders/2c/qzmlgh8j28941tt2hlckkczh0000gn/T/pip-install-\_hengb50/bitwarden-sdk\_c0ca9cf5d58944eb84e6e0313546647a/crates/bitwarden-py/../../LICENSE
> Caused by: failed to open file \`/private/var/folders/2c/qzmlgh8j28941tt2hlckkczh0000gn/T/pip-install-\_hengb50/bitwarden-sdk\_c0ca9cf5d58944eb84e6e0313546647a/crates/bitwarden-py/../../LICENSE\`
> Caused by: No such file or directory (os error 2)
> Error running maturin: Command '\['maturin', 'pep517', 'write-dist-info', '--metadata-directory', '/private/var/folders/2c/qzmlgh8j28941tt2hlckkczh0000gn/T/pip-modern-metadata-u58guaip', '--interpreter', '/Users/otterbotter/../bin/python3'\]' returned non-zero exit status 1.
> Checking for Rust toolchain....
> Running \`maturin pep517 write-dist-info --metadata-directory /private/var/folders/2c/qzmlgh8j28941tt2hlckkczh0000gn/T/pip-modern-metadata-u58guaip --interpreter /Users/otterbotter/../bin/python3\`
> \[end of output\]
> 
> note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
> error: metadata-generation-failed
> 
> × Encountered error while generating package metadata.
> ╰─\> See above for output.
> 
> note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
> \`\`\`
> 
> \### Screenshots or Videos
> 
> \_No response\_
> 
> \### Additional Context
> 
> Python version 3.8.20 installed via pyenv
> Pip version 24.2
> 
> \### Operating System
> 
> macOS
> 
> \### Operating System Version
> 
> Sonoma Version 14.4 (23E214)
> 
> \### Build Version
> 
> 1.0.0
> 
> \### Issue Tracking Info
> 
> \- \[X\] I understand that work is tracked outside of Github. A PR will be linked to this issue should one be opened to address it, but Bitwarden doesn't use fields like "assigned", "milestone", or "project" to track progress.

> **[GitHub - birlorg/bitwarden-cli: Cross Platform Bitwarden library and CLI with...](https://github.com/birlorg/bitwarden-cli)**
>
> Cross Platform Bitwarden library and CLI with sudolikeaboss functionality.

Since you’re after CLI access, you can shell to it(?), i.e. you do NOT need any Julia support, meaning you do not need FFI (if so wrap bitwarden-c likely or Rust even or Python) or a wrapper. You just need to install the CLI code, and maybe a trivial way to do that from Julia.

I just took a quick look, maybe you only need CondaPkg.jl, a dependency of PythonCall, to install the CLI, and you wouldn’t need any Python code at all (even though you would install that full Python package; or install Rust CLI somehow with it)?

You might be able to use this (if not for wrapping, then only 323 lines of code, not too hard to translate, probably ChatGPT can even do it):

> <https://github.com/jdhalbert/bitwarden_secrets_manager_python/blob/main/bitwarden_secrets_manager_python/bws.py>

Kind of off-topic: Julia seemingly needs support for (and might help for this, for JSON API):

> **[GitHub - glideapps/quicktype: Generate types and converters from JSON, Schema,...](https://github.com/glideapps/quicktype)**
>
> Generate types and converters from JSON, Schema, and GraphQL

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**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205/7 "2025-02-23T19:11:22Z")

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I’m trying first to compare bw cli usage with bitwarden\_cli\_jll.jl

```julia
PS C:\Users\scelles> bw -v
2025.1.3
PS C:\Users\scelles> bw login
? Email address: me@domain.com
? Master password: [hidden]
? Two-step login method: Authenticator App
? Two-step login code: 835314
You are logged in!

To unlock your vault, set your session key to the `BW_SESSION` environment variable. ex:
$ export BW_SESSION="......"
> $env:BW_SESSION="....."

You can also pass the session key to any command with the `--session` option. ex:
$ bw list items --session ...+...+...==
PS C:\Users\scelles> $env:BW_SESSION="....."
PS C:\Users\scelles> bw list items
[{"passwordHistory":null,"revisionDate":"2024-08-19T18:01:04.740Z" ...

```

and

```julia
julia> using bitwarden_cli_jll

julia> bw() do exe
           run(`$exe -v`)
           run(`$exe config server https://vault.bitwarden.eu`)
           run(`$exe login`)
       end
1.17.1
? Email address: s.celles@gmail.com
? Master password: [hidden]
{"response":{"error":"invalid_grant","error_description":"Auth-Email header invalid."},"statusCode":400}ERROR: failed process: Process(`'C:\Users\scelles\.julia\artifacts\a9b5ea49d42cbd291b866e295baa7ad47a7c8e8d\bin\bw.exe' login`, ProcessExited(1)) [1]

Stacktrace:
  [1] pipeline_error
    @ .\process.jl:598 [inlined]
  [2] run(::Cmd; wait::Bool)
    @ Base .\process.jl:513
  [3] run
    @ .\process.jl:510 [inlined]
  [4] (::var"#11#12")(exe::String)
    @ Main .\REPL[11]:3
  [5] (::JLLWrappers.var"#2#3"{var"#11#12", String})()
    @ JLLWrappers C:\Users\scelles\.julia\packages\JLLWrappers\GfYNv\src\runtime.jl:49
  [6] withenv(f::JLLWrappers.var"#2#3"{var"#11#12", String}, keyvals::Pair{String, String})
    @ Base .\env.jl:265
  [7]
    @ JLLWrappers C:\Users\scelles\.julia\packages\JLLWrappers\GfYNv\src\runtime.jl:48
  [8] invokelatest(::Any, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any}; kwargs::@Kwargs{})
    @ Base .\essentials.jl:1055
  [9] invokelatest(::Any, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any})
    @ Base .\essentials.jl:1052
 [10] bw(f::Function; adjust_PATH::Bool, adjust_LIBPATH::Bool)
    @ bitwarden_cli_jll C:\Users\scelles\.julia\packages\JLLWrappers\GfYNv\src\products\executable_generators.jl:28
 [11] bw(f::Function)
    @ bitwarden_cli_jll C:\Users\scelles\.julia\packages\JLLWrappers\GfYNv\src\products\executable_generators.jl:25
 [12] top-level scope
    @ REPL[11]:1
Some type information was truncated. Use `show(err)` to see complete types.

```

but I can’t login.

Any idea?

I opened an issue at

> <https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil/issues/10602>
>
> Hello,
> 
> current version of \`bw\` should be 2025.1.3 but it's 1.17.1 here
> 
> https:/…/github.com/JuliaBinaryWrappers/bitwarden\_cli\_jll.jl
> 
> Unfortunately https://github.com/bitwarden/cli repository has been archived by the owner on May 25, 2022. It is now read-only.
> 
> The way \`bw\` binary is distributed is now different. 
> 
> See https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/releases/tag/cli-v2025.1.3
> 
> Pinging @rikhuijzer and @giordano
> 
> Maybe an other binary \`bws\` (Bitwarden Secret Manager) could also be added.
> https://github.com/bitwarden/sdk-sm/releases
> https://github.com/bitwarden/sdk-sm/releases/tag/bws-v1.0.0
> 
> Kind regard
> 
> Possible fix:
> \`\`\`julia
> using BinaryBuilder
> 
> \# Collection of pre-build Bitwarden CLI binaries
> name = "bitwarden\_cli"
> version = v"2025.1.3"
> 
> url\_prefix = "https://github.com/bitwarden/clients/releases/download/cli-v$(version)"
> sources = \[
> ArchiveSource("$(url\_prefix)/bw-linux-$(version).zip", "f1d66b1a3971cc906ea3e44f0647899c1ca0c95ca83714fcf3039c0643dcd97a"; unpack\_target = "x86\_64-linux-gnu"),
> ArchiveSource("$(url\_prefix)/bw-macos-$(version).zip", "103ee62a30284390559b5ff5ca21b77c235a43cb4e08e3c410726f873104cf42"; unpack\_target = "x86\_64-apple-darwin14"),
> ArchiveSource("$(url\_prefix)/bw-windows-$(version).zip", "7ba89071061d30f94cea048289cd252cdb14b2635e9a57c0b020bf80121b16f5"; unpack\_target = "x86\_64-w64-mingw32"),
> FileSource("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bitwarden/clients/refs/heads/main/LICENSE.txt", "b98fbb37db5b23bc5cfdcd16793206a5a7120a7b01f75374e5e0888376e4691c")
> \]
> 
> \# Bash recipe for building across all platforms
> script = raw"""
> cd ${WORKSPACE}/srcdir/
> mkdir -p "${bindir}"
> cp ${target}/bw${exeext} ${bindir}
> chmod +x ${bindir}/\*
> install\_license LICENSE.txt
> """
> 
> \# These are the platforms we will build for by default, unless further
> \# platforms are passed in on the command line
> platforms = \[
> Platform("x86\_64", "linux"; cxxstring\_abi="cxx11"),
> Platform("x86\_64", "macos"),
> Platform("x86\_64", "windows")
> \]
> 
> \# The products that we will ensure are always built
> products = \[
> ExecutableProduct("bw", :bw)
> \]
> 
> \# Dependencies that must be installed before this package can be built
> dependencies = Dependency\[
> \]
> 
> \# Build the tarballs, and possibly a \`build.jl\` as well.
> build\_tarballs(ARGS, name, version, sources, script, platforms, products, dependencies)
> \`\`\`

for updating build\_tarballs.jl script

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**Author:** ![cjdoris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cjdoris/32/213133_2.png) [@cjdoris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cjdoris)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205/8 "2025-02-23T21:28:01Z")

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Looks like that CLI is no longer supported. But you can wrap the C bindings, which would be a fun little project, here’s how:

1. Add a recipe to [Yggdrasil](https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil) to build the Bitwarden C bindings.
2. This will automatically create a JLL package containing the shared library of C bindings.
3. Create a package to wrap the C bindings. The C part should be quite simple, it’s just 3 functions with a generic JSON interface. Use JSON3.jl to serialise/deserialise messages to/from the C bindings.
4. Add higher level functions to this package for specific commands. You could be fancy and auto-generate these from the JSON spec, but I don’t think the API is so big that you couldn’t do it by hand.

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**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/bitwarden-password-manager-and-secrets-manager/126205/9 "2025-02-28T16:34:48Z")

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I wrapped `bws` CLI See [GitHub - s-celles/BitwardenSecretsManagerUnofficialClient.jl](https://github.com/s-celles/BitwardenSecretsManagerUnofficialClient.jl/tree/main)

See announcement at [[ANN] B7nSecretsManagerUnoffClient.jl - An unofficial Julia client for Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-b7nsecretsmanagerunoffclient-jl-an-unofficial-julia-client-for-bitwarden-secrets-manager/126427)

[[bws] add 1.0.0 by s-celles · Pull Request #10610 · JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil · GitHub](https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil/pull/10610) was an attempt to create a JLL package for bws … but for license reason that doesn’t seems to be possible.  
bws need to be dowloaded from official BW Github repository.

JLL package for bw should be possible

> <https://github.com/JuliaPackaging/Yggdrasil/pull/10606>
>
> Close #10602

because that’s not the same licence than the SDK

there is probably cleaner to do than my current implementation. I will be pleased to see your contributions.