OpenBao
openbao.org ↗Open sourceSelf-hostable
Community-driven, open-source fork of Vault for managing secrets, under the OpenSSF.
CategorySecret Management
PricingFree, open source
Self-hostableYes
Repositoryopenbao/openbao
LicenseMPL-2.0
LanguageGo
Last activityOct 2026Active
Repository
From GitHub · updated Oct 23
Stars8.7k
Forks643
Open issues321
Last pushOct 2026
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