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24 alternatives to keyshade

Unleash security, embrace simplicity

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. keyshade launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Sealit▲509
Simple data security to get compliant & stay productive
2023 · its alternatives →
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Uniqkey▲116
Protect every login and let users access with confidence
2025 · uniqkey.eu · its alternatives →
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enveil – hide your .env secrets from prAIng eyes▲201
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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Phase▲383
Open source platform for teams and AI agents to securely access, manage and deploy application secrets — from development to production.
2024 · phase.dev · its alternatives →
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A password manager using Keybase for encryption and storage▲172
A secret manager backed by Keybase and KBFS. Contribute to kbsecret/kbsecret development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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1Password Developer Tools▲105
Develop faster, eliminate complexity, protect your secrets
2022 · 1password.com · its alternatives →
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EnvKey 2.0 – End-To-End Encrypted Environments (now open source)▲225
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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SecretCrypt – Keeping secrets in plain sight▲75
2016 · zemanta.github.io · its alternatives →
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Seald SDK▲108
Protect your users' data with end-to-end encryption.
2021 · seald.io · its alternatives →
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Portal▲92
Zero-config P2P encrypted folder syncing, not the 2007 game
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Patara APP▲97
Password management with the power of blockchain technology
2024 · patara.app · its alternatives →
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Keycat – A self-hosted end-to-end encrypted password manager▲87
2019 · key.cat · its alternatives →
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Rot - Offline secrets management▲116
Finally open sourced an internal tool we've been using for managing secrets. It's similar to SOPS, but more opinionated, easier to configure/use correctly, and produces nicer git diffs. It also supports one-way encryption, so you don't have to know the private key to add secrets.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AxKeyStore▲31
Hi HN, I built AxKeyStore, an open-source CLI tool for managing secrets that uses your own private GitHub repository as encrypted storage. The idea is simple: → All encryption happens locally. → Secrets are stored as encrypted blobs in your private repo. → GitHub is treated as untrusted storage. → No plaintext secrets ever leave your machine. → No plaintext secrets are stored on disk. Most secret managers either require a hosted backend, a self-hosted server, or trusting a SaaS provider. I wanted something that: → Requires zero infrastructure → Uses tooling developers already have → Keeps…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hat.sh V2▲73
Simple, fast, secure in-browser file encryption
2021 · hat.sh · its alternatives →
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Use encrypted passwords in shell scripts signed with your SSH key▲117
Lightweight solution for using encrypted passwords in shell scripts - plyint/encpass.sh
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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UnCrack▲80
Manage & secure your credentials efficiently
2023 · 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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SecurSSH▲57
SSH access for developers. Secure, European, done right.
May 2026 · securssh.com · its alternatives →
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Gridlock▲79
Easy, secure crypto storage
2021 · gridlock.network · its alternatives →
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Manage passwords with GPG▲93
Manage secrets with Bash and GnuPG symmetric encryption - drduh/pwd.sh
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Enc – A modern and friendly CLI alternative to GnuPG▲90
Enc is a CLI tool for encryption, a modern and friendly alternative to GnuPG. It is easy to use, secure by default and can encrypt and decrypt files using password or encryption keys, manage and download keys, and sign data. Our goal was to make encryption available to all engineers without the need to learn a lot of new words, concepts, and commands. It is the most beginner-friendly CLI tool for encryption, and keeping it that way is our top priority.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Stasher – Burn-after-read secrets from the CLI, no server, no trust▲72
Stasher is a tiny CLI tool that lets you share encrypted secrets that burn after reading — no accounts, no logins, no servers to trust. I built it because I just wanted to share a password. Not spin up infra. Not register for some "secure" web app. Not trust Slack threads. Just send a secret. Secrets are encrypted client-side with AES-256-GCM. You get a `uuid:key` token to share. Once someone reads it, it's gone. If they don't read it in 10 minutes, it expires and deleted. Everything is verifiable. Every release is signed, SLSA-attested, SBOM-included, and logged in the Rekor transparency…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Let's Encrypt▲26
A new Certificate Authority - free, automated, and open.
2015 · letsencrypt.org · its alternatives →

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