Bitwarden is an integrated open source password management solution for individuals, teams, and business organizations.
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+ This documentation is for Bitwarden **Password Manager**.
+ It is different from [Bitwarden Secrets Manager](https://bitwarden.com/products/secrets-manager/), which enables developers, DevOps, and cybersecurity teams to centrally store, manage, and deploy secrets at scale.
+ To integrate with Bitwarden **Secrets Manager**, reference the [provider documentation](../provider/bitwarden-secrets-manager.md).
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## How does it work?
To make external-secrets compatible with Bitwarden, we need:
+ enables developers, DevOps, and cybersecurity teams to centrally store, manage, and deploy secrets at scale.
+ This is different from [Bitwarden Password Manager](https://bitwarden.com/products/personal/).
+ To integrate with Bitwarden **Password Manager**, reference the [example documentation](../examples/bitwarden.md).
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### Prerequisites
In order for the bitwarden provider to work, we need a second service. This service is the [Bitwarden SDK Server](https://github.com/external-secrets/bitwarden-sdk-server).