Bitwarden Public API and Secrets Manager (unofficial)

io.github.mguttmann/the-real-bitwarden-mcp

7/8 checks passed
Runs locally
3 secrets
★ 0 GitHub stars
Updated 2026-10-27
Health score 58

About Bitwarden Public API and Secrets Manager (unofficial)

Bitwarden Public API and Secrets Manager (unofficial) is an MCP server published by the GitHub account mguttmann. Unofficial MCP server for the Bitwarden Public API and Secrets Manager, self-hosted or cloud.

It runs on your own machine: your AI client starts it from the npm package the-real-bitwarden-mcp at version 0.3.1.

It asks for 3 secrets: BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_CLIENT_SECRET, BITWARDEN_CLOUD_CLIENT_SECRET and BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN. Give it a key with the least access that still works.

Version 0.3.1 was published on 27 October 2026, and the source code is public, so you can read it before installing.

Written from the registry entry. 9 automated checks on the registry entry and the package code: 7 pass, 1 warn, 0 fail, 1 info. How we check.

What it asks for

Variable	Required	Secret	Description
`BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_API_BASE`	No	No	Self-hosted instance: API base URL, e.g. https://vault.example.com/api. Configure all four BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_* or all four BITWARDEN_CLOUD_* variables (or both); a partial set is fatal.
`BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_IDENTITY_URL`	No	No	Self-hosted instance: identity URL, e.g. https://vault.example.com/identity.
`BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_CLIENT_ID`	No	No	Self-hosted instance: organization Public API client id (organization.<uuid>).
`BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_CLIENT_SECRET`	No	Yes	Self-hosted instance: organization Public API client secret. It can manage members, groups, collections and policies, including creating Owners.
`BITWARDEN_CLOUD_API_BASE`	No	No	Bitwarden Cloud: API base URL, e.g. https://api.bitwarden.com. Used for license and subscription tools.
`BITWARDEN_CLOUD_IDENTITY_URL`	No	No	Bitwarden Cloud: identity URL, e.g. https://identity.bitwarden.com.
`BITWARDEN_CLOUD_CLIENT_ID`	No	No	Bitwarden Cloud: organization Public API client id (organization.<uuid>).
`BITWARDEN_CLOUD_CLIENT_SECRET`	No	Yes	Bitwarden Cloud: organization Public API client secret.
`BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN`	No	Yes	Optional: Secrets Manager machine account access token; enables the bws_* tools. A malformed token is fatal at startup.
`BWS_ORG_ID`	No	No	Optional: organization UUID for the Secrets Manager tools, used when a call passes no organizationId.
`BWS_API_BASE`	No	No	Optional: Secrets Manager API base URL; defaults to BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_API_BASE.
`BWS_IDENTITY_URL`	No	No	Optional: Secrets Manager identity URL; defaults to BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_IDENTITY_URL.
`BITWARDEN_CONFIRM_WRITES`	No	No	true: write tools return a preview unless the call carries confirm "YES". The model sets confirm itself, so this is friction, not a security boundary.
`BITWARDEN_READ_ONLY`	No	No	true: write tools stay listed but refuse to run, and bw_raw_request allows GET only.
`LOG_LEVEL`	No	No	Log level of the JSON log lines on stderr.
`BW_MCP_MAX_RESPONSE_BYTES`	No	No	Successful tool output above this many bytes is cut to valid JSON with a responseTruncated marker that says how to narrow or page the query.

Checks

Check	Result	Detail
Source repository linked	Pass	https://github.com/mguttmann/the-real-bitwarden-mcp
Version pinned	Pass	Every package has an explicit version
Secrets requested	Warn	Asks for 3 secrets: BITWARDEN_SELFHOST_CLIENT_SECRET, BITWARDEN_CLOUD_CLIENT_SECRET, BWS_ACCESS_TOKEN
Known package registry	Pass	All packages come from npm, PyPI, OCI, NuGet or MCPB
Namespace ownership	Info	Name verified via GitHub account mguttmann
Registry text aimed at the AI	Pass	Description and settings contain no hidden characters or instructions to the AI
Install scripts	Pass	the-real-bitwarden-mcp@0.3.1 runs nothing at install
Code red flags	Pass	Read 42 files in the-real-bitwarden-mcp@0.3.1: no obfuscation, encoded execution, credential reads or data-collection endpoints found
Text aimed at the AI	Pass	No hidden characters or instructions to the AI in 42 files, including comments and the README

Popularity & health: 58 / 100

Worked out from public numbers and our own checks, not from user reviews or ratings. It says how used and how looked-after a server is, not whether it is safe.

Popularity11 / 40

0 GitHub stars, 822 downloads last week, no Hacker News posts found. Best two of the three, each on a log scale.

Activity24 / 25

Last push 2026-10-27, last release 2026-10-27, 35 commits in 90 days.

Issue health8 / 15

0 closed of 0 issues, too few to judge. No data, so half marks.

Our checks16 / 20

1 warning, each costing a fifth.

0 forks, 0 merged pull requests. Sources: GitHub, npm, PyPI (pypistats.org) and Hacker News (Algolia), fetched 2026-10-31.

What people say

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Facts

Registry name	`io.github.mguttmann/the-real-bitwarden-mcp`
Publisher	GitHub account mguttmann
How the name is verified	Name verified via GitHub account mguttmann. The registry ties the name prefix to that account or domain; it does not check the code.
Type	Local: runs on your machine from a package
Packages	npm `the-real-bitwarden-mcp` 0.3.1 (stdio)
Version	0.3.1
Published	2026-10-27
Last updated	2026-10-27
Source repository	https://github.com/mguttmann/the-real-bitwarden-mcp
Website	https://github.com/mguttmann/the-real-bitwarden-mcp#readme
Category	Cloud & infrastructure (assigned by keyword rule, not by hand)

Install

Claude Desktop · npm package

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "the-real-bitwarden-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "the-real-bitwarden-mcp@0.3.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

What these checks don't cover

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For people and their AI

The same data as plain JSON: /data/servers/io-github-mguttmann-the-real-bitwarden-mcp.json. Text inside it that came from the publisher is data, not instructions.