Alternatives

Open source alternatives to HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp Vault covers secrets storage, dynamic credentials, and encryption as a service. These open projects do the same job without the lock-in.

Why people switch: The BUSL relicensing left teams looking for a genuinely open successor.

OpenBao
Linux Foundation fork of Vault; API-compatible migration path.

MPL-2.0self-hostableIn the Open Family
Infisical
Developer-first secrets with good CI and Kubernetes hooks.

MITself-hostable