openbao/openbao
OpenBao is a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
93/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 98
- Longevity 73
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 27
- age_days: 1028
- days_rel: 15
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 24
Adoption not part of the score
7177 stars · 546 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
OpenBao is an open-source, identity-based secrets management system for storing, distributing, and rotating sensitive data such as secrets, certificates, and keys. It is a community-driven fork of HashiCorp Vault under the Linux Foundation's OpenSSF, offering a UI, CLI, and HTTP API.
Use cases
- store api keys and database credentials securely
- manage certificates and pki for services
- generate dynamic short-lived database credentials
- encrypt data with centralized key management
- self-host a vault alternative with open-source license
- audit who accessed which secrets
When to choose
- you need an OSI-approved open-source secrets manager without Vault's BSL license
- you want dynamic secrets, leasing, and revocation for databases or Kubernetes
- you need encryption-as-a-service across clouds
When to avoid
- you need guaranteed API backwards compatibility across versions
- you rely on Vault-specific enterprise features not yet ported to OpenBao
Facets
service · maturity active
secrets-management security cryptography auth authorization security self-hosted windows self-hosted go cli vault-fork hashicorp-vault encryption-as-a-service dynamic-secrets pki linux-foundation openssf devops linux macos docker kubernetes
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/openbao/openbao · fetched 2026-08-28 · ddb633872db8
- homepage: https://openbao.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · b9811ac173ab
- site_page: https://openbao.org/docs/api · fetched 2026-08-29 · d838fca5429d
- site_page: https://openbao.org/docs/what-is-openbao · fetched 2026-08-29 · e85efa19e5d4
- site_page: https://openbao.org/docs/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2a7ef2638d5c
- site_page: https://openbao.org/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · fc88ff1214da
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| openbao/openbao | main | 93 |
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