DevOps & Infra Secrets mature
Vault
Secrets management and data encryption platform
31.0K stars
1.0K contributors
Since 2020
Secrets management and data encryption platform
License
BSL
Min RAM
512 MB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
distributed
Complexity
advanced
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✓
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary: secrets-management
- ✓ Primary: certificate-management
- ✓ Primary: encryption-as-service
Anti-patterns / when NOT to use
- ✕ Complex to operate
- ✕ BSL license restricts competitive use
- ✕ Seal/unseal ceremony
- ✕ Needs careful HA setup
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Technical specs
Language
Go
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockerbinary
Community
GitHub stars 31.0K
Contributors 1.0K
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing HashiCorp
Funding open_core
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
smallmediumenterprise
Industries
general