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OpenBao
★ 4kLinux Foundation fork of Vault for secrets, encryption-as-a-service, and dynamic credentials.
OpenBao does the job of HashiCorp Vault Enterprise, self-hosted. It is MPL-2.0-licensed, a copyleft licence, and running it properly takes real ops work. HashiCorp Vault Enterprise bills $100+ for it.
Open-source replacement for HashiCorp Vault Enterprise.
- Licence
- MPL-2.0
- Self-hosting
- Hard
- The paid one costs
- $100+
- GitHub stars
- 4k
Is it actually a replacement?
We have not written a verdict on HashiCorp Vault Enterprise yet, so this page says what OpenBao is rather than judging what you would give up. When that product gets a page, this one will link to it.
OpenBao questions
Is OpenBao open source?
Yes — it is released under MPL-2.0.
Can I self-host OpenBao?
Yes — we rate it hard to self-host.
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