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title	section	header	footer	date
Bitwarden-menu	1	User Manual	Bitwarden-menu v0.5.2	2026-02-13

NAME

bitwarden-menu - Fully featured Dmenu/Rofi/Bemenu frontend for autotype and managing of Bitwarden/Vaultwarden vaults.

SYNOPSIS

bitwarden-menu [--vault URL] [--login email] [--lock] [--autotype pattern] [--clipboard]

DESCRIPTION

Bitwarden-menu is a fast and minimal application to facilitate password entry and manage most aspects of Bitwarden/Vaultwarden vaults.

OPTIONS

-v, --vault Vault URL. Use with -l when multiple accounts share the same server.

-l, --login Login email address. Optional when only one account exists on the server. Required with -v when multiple accounts share the same server.

-k, --lock Lock vault

-a, --autotype Autotype sequence from https://keepass.info/help/base/autotype.html#autoseq . Overrides global default from config.ini for current vault.

-C, --clipboard Select to clipboard

-c, --config PATH Path to config file. Supports absolute paths, relative paths, and tilde expansion. Default: ~/.config/bwm/config.ini

EXAMPLES

bwm
bwm -v https://vault.mydomain.net -l user@domain.com -a '{TOTP}{ENTER}'

CONFIGURATION

If you start bitwarden-menu for the first time without a config file, it will prompt you for vault, login and 2FA type (if applicable) and save them in a default config file.

OR Copy config.ini.example to ~/.config/bwm/config.ini and use it as a reference for additional options.

config.ini options and defaults

Section	Key	Default
[dmenu]	dmenu_command	dmenu
	pinentry	None
[dmenu_passphrase]	obscure	False
	obscure_color	#222222
[vault]	server_n	None
	email_n	None
	twofactor_n	None
	password_n	None
	password_cmd_n	None
	autotype_default_n	None
	session_timeout_min	360
	editor	vim
	terminal	xterm
	gui_editor	None
	type_library	pynput
	hide_folders	None
	autotype_default	{USERNAME}{TAB}{PASSWORD}{ENTER}
[password_chars]	lower	abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
	upper	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
	digits	0123456789
	punctuation	!"#$%%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{│}~
	Custom Name(s)	Any string
[password_char_presets]	Letters+Digits+Punctuation	upper lower digits punctuation
	Letters+Digits	upper lower digits
	Letters	upper lower
	Digits	digits
	Custom Name(s)	Any combo of [password_chars] entries

FILES

~/.config/bwm/config.ini

AUTHOR

Scott Hansen - tech@firecat53.net

COPYRIGHT

MIT

SEE ALSO

More information available at https://github.com/firecat53/bitwarden-menu