# bitnami/sealed-secrets

A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets

Repository: https://github.com/bitnami/sealed-secrets
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sealed-secrets
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, kubernetes-secrets, devops-workflow, encrypt-secrets, gitops
Last push: 2026-08-25T20:42:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3383, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 50}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9256, forks 771 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:29.125252+00:00)

## What it is
A Kubernetes controller plus the kubeseal CLI that lets you encrypt Kubernetes Secrets into one-way encrypted SealedSecrets that are safe to commit to Git, even public repositories. Only the controller running in the target cluster can decrypt them, enabling GitOps workflows for secrets.

## Use cases
- store kubernetes secrets safely in git
- encrypt secrets for gitops workflows
- commit secrets to a public repository without leaking them
- manage k8s secrets declaratively with helm or kustomize
- rotate or update encrypted secrets in a git repo
- decrypt secrets only inside a target cluster

## When to choose
- you practice GitOps and want secrets version-controlled in git
- you need one-way encryption where only the cluster can decrypt
- you use Helm or Kustomize and want secrets as part of your manifests
- you want to avoid external secret managers for simple use cases

## When to avoid
- you need multi-cluster or team-wide secret sharing with fine-grained access control
- you require dynamic secret generation or rotation from a vault
- you are not using Kubernetes
- you need to recover the original secret outside the target cluster

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: secrets-management, cryptography, deployment, infrastructure-as-code, cli
- domain: security, cloud-computing, infrastructure-as-code, self-hosted
- platform: go, windows, cloud, self-hosted
- tags: kubernetes, gitops, sealed-secrets, kubeseal, kubernetes-controller, secret-encryption, bitnami, devops, containers, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- bitnami/sealed-secrets (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:29.125252+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:23:12.365866+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bitnami/sealed-secrets (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:29.125252+00:00, sha d1cd5f8c08b0)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.