# Install rbw with Homebrew, apk, dnf, Nix, pacman

Unofficial Bitwarden CLI client. Version 1.15.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rbw
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rbw
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add rbw
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rbw from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install rbw
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rbw from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#rbw
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rb/rbw/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S rbw
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: rbw from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rbw
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/rbw>
- **Version:** 1.15.0
- **Source summary:** Unofficial Bitwarden CLI client
- **Homepage:** <https://git.tozt.net/rbw>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/doy/rbw>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/doy/rbw#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/doy/rbw/archive/refs/tags/1.15.0.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-15T10:21:19-04:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- rbw (cli)
- rbw-agent (cli)
- rbw (alias)
- rbw-agent (alias)

## Dependencies

- pinentry

## Build dependencies

- rust

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.15.0
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-15
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/doy/rbw
- Upstream latest detected: 1.15.0 (current)

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** rbw
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - rbw: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rb/rbw/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- apk - rbw - 1.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rbw from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Unofficial command line client for Bitwarden. | https://git.tozt.net/rbw
- apk - rbw-bash-completion - 1.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rbw-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for rbw | https://git.tozt.net/rbw
- apk - rbw-fish-completion - 1.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rbw-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for rbw | https://git.tozt.net/rbw
- apk - rbw-zsh-completion - 1.15.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: rbw-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for rbw | https://git.tozt.net/rbw
- dnf - rbw - 1.13.2-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rbw from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Unofficial Bitwarden CLI | https://crates.io/crates/rbw
- pacman - rbw - 1.15.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: rbw from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Unofficial Bitwarden CLI | https://git.tozt.net/rbw


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [pinentry](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pinentry/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [clipsafe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/clipsafe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security.
- [go-passbolt-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/go-passbolt-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security.
- [gokey](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gokey/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security.
- [prs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/prs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security.
- [pwsafe](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pwsafe/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security.
- [enpass-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/enpass-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security.
- [gopass-jsonapi](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gopass-jsonapi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security.
- [gopeed](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gopeed/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, password-management, password-manager, security.
- [lastpass-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lastpass-cli/) - Security-sensitive metadata or terminology overlaps. Shared terms: cli, management, manager, password, password-management.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/rbw.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/rbw.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
