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24 alternatives to Local-first secret manager for developers
The working layer around Git. Tools for the work Git leaves out. - Treadie
Onboardbase is a secret manager designed for developers who want to keep sensitive data local-first. Launched in April 2023, it provides a way to store and manage secrets like API keys and credentials with an emphasis… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Local-first secret manager for developers launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Onboardbase 2.0▲116The easiest local-first secrets manager for your team
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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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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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Phase▲383Open 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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simple terminal UI for git commands. Contribute to jesseduffield/lazygit development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Develop faster, eliminate complexity, protect your secrets
2022 · 1password.com · its alternatives →
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GitGuardian▲132Detect secrets in source code, public and private!
2018 · gitguardian.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! We're all spending more and more time making stuff with agents, but I've noticed that one of the things that is the most disconnected from my daily engineering workflow is dealing with secrets and credentials. It often involves a lot of click-ops, copying/pasting, and collaboration, and none of the secrets management products out there have truly scratched that itch. I built Capy to solve this. It's a secrets manager whose entire frontend is a developer CLI, and I find it extremely ergonomic to use by hand. You also don't need to leave the CLI to sign up for and use it! You…
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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envsecrets▲72CLI first management of your environment secrets
2023 · envsecrets.com · 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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I'm currently working on Bramble, an open source password manager with P2P cross-device sync. Initially I released the Chrome extension, but recently I also published the Android app and iOS is pending Apple's approval. Besides that, the latest version also includes passkey storage for all platforms! About Bramble: It aims to be as feature-rich as all popular and a replacement for cloud-based providers. I don't think we need to store our data in the cloud and be at the whims of companies raising their prices every year. There's always a breach and then we find out that some fields aren't…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A sensible secret management toolkit (and Go library) for admins and programmers - domodwyer/cryptic
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Crypt : Store and retrieve encrypted configuration parameters from etcd or consul
2014 · xordataexchange.github.io · 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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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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ShadowGit▲20Hey HN, I built ShadowGit a while back to automatically commit code every minute to a hidden git repo (.shadowgit.git). Original goal was to easily rollback when AI tools break things. But I discovered something interesting: this minute-by-minute history is perfect context for AI assistants. So I built an MCP server that lets Claude/Cursor query this history using native git commands. The results surprised me: Before: Claude would read my entire codebase repeatedly, burning 15,000+ tokens to debug issues. After: Claude runs `git log --grep="drag"` finds when drag-and-drop worked,…
2025 · shadowgit.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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2013 · onboarder.co · its alternatives →
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Yet another credential store 🔐. Contribute to raiyanyahya/yacs development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AxKeyStore▲31Hi 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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Hi HN, I’m Pavel. I built Sklad because, as a DevOps engineer, I was frustrated with how I handled operational data. I constantly need access to SSH passwords (where keys aren't an option), specific IP addresses, and complex CLI one-liners. I realized I was storing them in insecure text files or sticky notes because standard clipboard managers felt too bloated and password managers were too slow for my workflow. I wanted a "warehouse" for this data—something that lives quietly in the system tray, supports deep hierarchy, works completely offline, and looks industrial. The app is built with…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Discover how developers can leverage Virtru
2019 · developer.virtru.com · its alternatives →
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I have written a passwords/secrets manager for my personal needs. Maybe it solves some of your problems too. It is written in Go and is a self-contained executable for a small web-app: https://github.com/jarmo/secrets-web There is also a CLI version if that is your taste: https://github.com/jarmo/secrets-cli To read about more technical details, look into the core repository at https://github.com/jarmo/secrets Any questions/comments/suggestions are welcome in here or via GitHub pull requests.
2020 · its alternatives →
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