hashicorp/vault
A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management
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Where it stands
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5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 11 days ago, with 386 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #39 in the weekly ranking the week of Feb 8, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a secure system for managing secrets, encryption as a service, and privileged access control.
- Offers dynamic secret generation, automatic revocation, and detailed audit logging for enhanced security and compliance.
- Use for securely storing and controlling access to API keys, passwords, and certificates in distributed applications.
- Use for generating and managing dynamic credentials for cloud services like AWS or SQL databases on demand.
- Use for encrypting data in transit or at rest without storing it, enabling secure data handling in external storage systems.
Should you depend on it?
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From the README
Please note: We take Vault's security and our users' trust very seriously. If you believe you have found a security issue in Vault, please responsibly disclose by contacting us at [email protected].
Vault is a tool for securely accessing secrets. A secret is anything that you want to tightly control access to, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, and more. Vault provides a unified interface to any secret, while providing tight access control and recording a detailed audit log.
A modern system requires access to a multitude of secrets: database credentials, API keys for external services, credentials for service-oriented architecture communication, etc. Understanding who is accessing what secrets is already very difficult and platform-specific. Adding on key rolling, secure storage, and detailed audit logs is almost impossible without a custom solution. This is where Vault steps in.
Documentation is available on the Vault website.
If you're new to Vault and want to get started with security automation, please check out our Getting Started guides on HashiCorp's learning platform. There are also additional guides to continue your learning.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+341 stars over 80 days across 13 snapshot days; best day +74 on Sep 17.
Forks
4.8K+68
Open issues
1.5K+55
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| hashicorp/vault | 36.5K | — | 64 | 11 days ago |
| Category median | 56.0K | +2.3K | 29 | — |
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