HashiCorp Vault

A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management

OpenBao, Infisical, and Conjur. 3 alternatives to HashiCorp Vault, in Go, TypeScript, Ruby. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release. Drop-in: OpenBao.

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3 alternatives to HashiCorp Vault
Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
OpenBao	Drop-in	9k	MPL-2.0	Open source	Yes	Go	v2.7.2	2026-11-12
Infisical	Partial	30k	Other	Open core	Yes	TypeScript	v0.167.8	2026-11-12
Conjur	Partial	955	Other	Open source	Yes	Ruby	v1.27.0	2026-07-14

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3 alternatives

OpenBao Drop-in

OpenBao is a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys.

Fork of Vault 1.14 under MPL-2.0, same API.

Migration notes → Official migration guide ↗

Language: Go
Licence: MPL-2.0
Stars: 9k
Latest: v2.7.2
Last push: 2026-11-12

Infisical Partial

Infisical is the open-source platform for securing secrets, certificates, access, and AI Agents.

Application secrets and environment sync, not a general PKI or encryption service.

Language: TypeScript
Licence: Other
Stars: 30k
Latest: v0.167.8
Last push: 2026-11-12

Conjur Partial

CyberArk Conjur automatically secures secrets used by privileged users and machine identities

Machine identities and secrets for applications, Kubernetes and CI, with policies as code.

Language: Ruby
Licence: Other
Stars: 955
Latest: v1.27.0
Last push: 2026-07-14

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Language: Go
Licence: Other
Stars: 37k
Last push: 2026-11-12

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