Linux

To get started, run: goldwarden setup polkit. goldwarden setup systemd in order to make sure that the daemon automatically starts on boot, and that the polkit permission required for system authentication is available. Make sure to do this under the normal user account, not root

Windows

Setup goldwarden as a task to startup according to https://superuser.com/questions/1168587/how-to-run-an-exe-application-as-a-background-task-on-startup. The command should be goldwarden.exe daemonize.

Mac

Install a pinentry:

brew install pinentry-mac

Setup goldwarden to start up using launchd or a startup script as described here: https://superuser.com/a/995564

GUI

To set up the gui, you need to install a few dependencies:

brew install gtk4
brew install pygobject3
brew install libadwaita
brew install adwaita-icon-theme

Compile the blueprints and the core daemon. Then, you can start the ui.

Setting up your vault & logging in

Next, set a pin for your vault: goldwarden vault pin set

And, if you have a custom server, configure the endpoints:

goldwarden config set-api-url https://my.bitwarden.domain/api

goldwarden config set-identity-url https://my.bitwarden.domain/identity

goldwarden config set-notifications-url https://my.bitwarden.domain/notifications

Finally, you can login: goldwarden vault login --email <email>

Unusual Traffic

If you get an error about unusual traffic, you can try loggin in with an API key instead. This is how you get it: https://bitwarden.com/help/personal-api-key/

And then configure it in goldwarden using:

goldwarden config set-client-id <my-client-id>

goldwarden config set-client-secret <my-client-secret>