Vault
A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
98/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 96
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
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: 25
- age_days: 4208
- days_rel: 29
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 28
Adoption not part of the score
36180 stars · 4741 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
HashiCorp Vault is a secrets management server that securely stores, generates, and controls access to credentials, certificates, and encryption keys via a UI, CLI, and HTTP API. It offers dynamic secrets, encryption as a service, and privileged access management with detailed audit logging.
Use cases
- store api keys and passwords securely
- generate dynamic database credentials on demand
- manage pki certificates and tls
- encrypt data as a service
- rotate secrets automatically
- control machine and human access to secrets
- audit who accessed which secrets
When to choose
- you need centralized secrets management across many services and environments
- you want dynamic, short-lived credentials for databases or cloud providers
- you need encryption as a service or certificate lifecycle management
- you require detailed audit logs and fine-grained access control for sensitive data
When to avoid
- you only need a simple key-value store without access control or auditing
- you cannot operate a highly available, sealed/unsealed server cluster
- you want a lightweight dotfile-style secret store for a single developer
- your team cannot manage the operational complexity of unsealing and backup
Facets
service · maturity stable
secrets-management cryptography auth authorization api-framework cli security security self-hosted cloud-computing developer-tools windows go self-hosted cloud secrets-management encryption-as-a-service pki dynamic-secrets hashicorp privileged-access-management audit-logging devops linux macos docker kubernetes
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/hashicorp/vault · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5c584c24ded6
- homepage: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8bdbf20b4e45
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/hcp/docs/vault-radar · fetched 2026-08-29 · 558d122b761a
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/install · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8a689b5c109b
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 77f49b9cef06
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs/commands · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1593cae3eb6b
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 88755537a090
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs/what-is-vault · fetched 2026-08-29 · 662093662899
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/docs/get-started/developer-qs · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5b07253604a6
- site_page: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/integrations · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2c5f86fa0399
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hashicorp/vault | main | 98 |
| hashicorp/vault-helm | infra | 94 |
| hashicorp/vault-guides | examples | 69 |
For agents
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