Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Keyva
A native env var manager with Keychain and iCloud sync
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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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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2017 · envkey.com · its alternatives →
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Keygen is a powerful software licensing API for desktop apps, on-premise software and other software products written in Go, Rust, JS, C/C++, C#, Swift, Java, Kotlin and more.
2017 · keygen.sh · its alternatives →
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keychains.dev▲177Hi HN — I’m a heavy OpenClaw user and, like many others, I’ve been thinking about how to give these new “unleashed” agents secure access to my accounts. Agents need API access to be useful. But API keys are long-lived secrets. And agents are not secure environments. So I built something for myself that quickly turned into a product: keychains.dev. The idea is simple: agents never see raw credentials. With Keychains.dev: • Agents make API calls via a drop-in replacement for curl or JavaScript’s fetch() • They use template variable names instead of embedding credentials • The request is…
Feb 2026 · keychains.dev · its alternatives →
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Distributed password manager & only you can access
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Secrets 3▲100Simple and secure password manager for Mac and iOS
2019 · outercorner.com · its alternatives →
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envsecrets▲72CLI first management of your environment secrets
2023 · envsecrets.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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Simple, secure, with an Env Vault for your .env files
Feb 2026 · lemonadepass.app · its alternatives →
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JustEnv▲8Your environment variables, finally in one safe place
Jun 2026 · justenvs.app · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built KeyEnv because I was tired of the "can you Slack me the Stripe key?" workflow. The problem: My team's secrets lived in a mix of Slack DMs, shared Google Docs, and .env files that definitely weren't in .gitignore at some point. Enterprise tools like Vault required more DevOps time than we had. Doppler was close but felt heavier than we needed. What KeyEnv does: keyenv init # link project keyenv pull # sync secrets to local .env keyenv run -- npm start # inject secrets, run command That's basically it. Secrets are encrypted client-side (AES-256-GCM) before leaving your machine.…
Jan 2026 · keyenv.dev · its alternatives →
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Elegant OTP authenticator app for Mac and iPhone
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Keyholdr▲5One hotkey to your API keys, guarded by Touch ID
Jul 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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EnvSync▲10The zero-knowledge way to keep your secrets in sync.
2025 · envsync.app · its alternatives →
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Keynv▲3Secure secret management built for AI agents & developers
Jun 2026 · keynv.dev · its alternatives →
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I built this tool for myself, and the URL in this post points to it. I needed a secure way to store my environment variables because I work on many projects across multiple devices. Keeping each variable up‑to‑date on every device was a constant hassle. Now everything lives in a local file that I can pull and push with a simple CLI command. I never have to think about it again. The tool is also useful when you’re hiring freelancers who need access to staging or local environment variables for testing. Instead of handing over an entire .env file, only to have it linger for months and expose…
Jun 2026 · envmanager.com · its alternatives →
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