Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Knox
A Secrets as a Service to manage your secrets and configs.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Knox launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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2020 · knox-app.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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Secure, orchestrate, and manage infrastructure secrets
2021 · its alternatives →
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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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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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This is a tool to manage encrypted local backups of secrets. The core idea is that it aims to be usable without depending on it, meaning that even if the software disappeared from the face of Earth tomorrow, your data would still be recoverable. It also integrates nicely with NixOS (which is what I use, though it does not require NixOS to be used). I have summed up a bit of explanation and some answers to reasonable questions in a blog post: https://baldino.dev/blog/secs-man/
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Last month, we open-sourced Infisical (https://github.com/Infisical/infisical) - a simple, end-to-end encrypted tool to sync environment variables across your team and infrastructure. You can use it to store environment variables and inject them into your applications locally or into CI/CD and production infrastructure. It can be used with any language/framework and is platform independent with a super easy setup. We know secret managers exist but, in our experience, they’re too complicated, not comprehensive, not user-friendly, or a mix of all three — other…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AxKeyStore▲31Securely store your secrets in GitHub Private Repo
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Uniqkey▲116Protect every login and let users access with confidence
2025 · uniqkey.eu · its alternatives →
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