Bitwarden import

• Docs: Folders
• Importing passwords from other password managers
• Important: Import is not idempotant, meaning importing twice results in duplicated items and collections
  • Prevent this with purging before importing "Individual vaults can be purged from the Settings → My account page. Organization vaults can be purged from the Organization Settings → Organization info page."
  • FR: Duplicate removal tool/report (including merge)

Import to an organization

Using the admin UI: Import to an Organization

• Admin Console → Settings → Import data

Using the cli (there is not option to import all data into one collection, as you can choose in the UI):

bw import --formats
bw import --organizationid $BW_ORG bitwardencsv file.csv

From gopass

pass2bitwarden

• GitHub
• Golang, last commit 2019

git clone https://github.com/mtrovo/pass2bitwarden ~/projects/security/passwords/bitwarden/pass2bitwarden
cd ~/projects/security/passwords/bitwarden/pass2bitwarden

Install deps, then:

go run ./main.go > ~/bitwarden-migration/gopass.csv
cd ~/bitwarden-migration

Convert from folders to collections to import:

csvcut -C favorite,notes gopass.csv | sed '1 s|^folder,|collections,|; 1 s|fields|notes|' > gopass-collections.csv

Create a dedicated collection to import the items into (i.e. varac) Then import using the Import data tool:

• Vault: Organization vault
• Collection: varac
• File format: Bitwarden (CSV)

pass2bw

• GitHub
• Shell
• Last commit 2023