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24 alternatives to EnvCipher

Local-first, AES-256 encrypted environment variable vault.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    enject: Hide .env secrets from prAIng eyes: secrets live in local encrypted stores (per project) and are injected directly into apps at runtime, never touching disk as plaintext. - GreatScott/enject

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple, secure, with an Env Vault for your .env files

    Feb 2026 · lemonadepass.app · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I'm so happy to finally show you all this release after years of hard work. I posted the first version of EnvKey to HN back in 2017 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15330757), then went through YC in W18 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16569534). EnvKey is an end-to-end encrypted configuration and secrets manager. It protects your organization's API keys, encryption keys, credentials, and other secrets, and makes it easy to run servers, scripts, tests, and everything else with the latest config. It also helps you avoid duplication in your…

    2022 · v2.envkey.com · its alternatives →

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    Secure local env management app

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi! I got tired of setting up tools I can't explain to a team in a few words like sops or git-crypt, just to store few files with environment variables or secrets, so I built lockenv as a simple alternative. It's basically a password-protected vault file you commit to git. No gpg keys, no cloud, just lockenv init, set a password, and lock/unlock the secrets. This tool integrates with OS keyring, so you're not typing passwords constantly. Should work on Mac/Linux/Windows, but I tested it only on linux so far. I am not trying to replace any mature / robust solution, just…

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    EnvKey▲79

    Protect api keys and credentials. Keep config in sync.

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Native macOS vault to secure and sync your .env secrets.

    Jul 2026 · vishnugopy.dev · its alternatives →

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    CLI first management of your environment secrets

    2023 · envsecrets.com · its alternatives →

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    Environment Variables Encryption Tool. Contribute to ulisesojeda/sealenv development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Keeper is an embeddable secret store (Argon2id, XChaCha20-Poly1305 by default). Four security levels, audit chains, crash-safe rotation. Vault is overkill for most use cases. This is for when you ge paranoid about env and need encrypted local storage that doesn't suck. No security through obscurity, hence, It's still early, so now's the best time to find weird edge cases, race conditions, memory leaks, crypto misuse, anything that breaks. The README has a full security model breakdown if you want to get adversarial.

    Apr 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Generates self-contained HTML files protecting secret text content. - dividuum/html-vault

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Environment variables storage and team sharing

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Spawning and storage of secure environments. Contribute to miquella/vaulted development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    When someone here told me to focus on something more useful than reinventing the wheel. So. EnvCloak, a lightweight and simple tool for securely managing sensitive environment files. The design focuses on simplicity - just a few intuitive commands using the Click Python library. I assume seamless integration with CI/CD workflows. The aim is to provide a streamlined solution without the need for clunky tools. If you're tired of complex configurations or bloated alternatives, this might be worth a look! I would appreciate any feedback, feature ideas or input on how to improve this…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Your secrets, locked until you open them.

    Nov 2025 · vaultnote.rishishah.in · its alternatives →

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    Enver▲4

    Zero-Knowledge Secrets Management

    Aug 2026 · enver-os.xyz · its alternatives →

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    EnvSync▲10

    The zero-knowledge way to keep your secrets in sync.

    2025 · envsync.app · its alternatives →

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    Upload,Encrypt and Share.

    Jan 2026 · only-mine.netlify.app · its alternatives →

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    just wanted to share ward, a tool i hacked together to encrypt and manage sensitive files in a vault folder. it's written in bash and meant to be cloned and then stored using git or version control. you don't have to store it that way, it's just why i created it. what ward does: encrypts the files in ./vault/ into a single .gpg file, checks to see if your files have been tampered with, generates totp codes if you need them to recover critical accounts. how to use it: clone the repo, toss your files into the vault directory, and run yarn encrypt. now commit your new [private]…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    AES-256 encrypted vault. Pay once, own it forever.

    Jun 2026 · viperqpro.com · its alternatives →

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    I got tired of: - .env files committed to Git (seen it happen 100+ times) - API keys shared in Slack - Wondering who has access to what secrets So I built Liberty - a CLI tool that replaces .env files with hardware-bound encryption. How it works: $ pip install liberty-secrets $ liberty add DATABASE_URL postgresql://... $ liberty add STRIPE_KEY sk-... $ liberty exec npm start Secrets are encrypted with a key derived from your machine's hardware (CPU ID + machine ID + disk serial). If someone steals your .liberty vault file, it's useless on their machine. Features: - Hardware-bound…

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

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    The offline password & document vault — no cloud, ever.

    Aug 2026 · digitalanki.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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