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24 alternatives to Phase

Encryption for app developers

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Phase launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Phase▲159
Open-source secrets management for developers
2023 · its alternatives →
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Phase▲384
Open source application secrets manager
2024 · its alternatives →
3PO
Phase – open-source encryption and key management for developers▲9
Hello HN! We are developers and security researchers making tools for developers to encrypt data at an application level while maintaining sole control of their keys. We believe that data should always be encrypted unless it is part of an active computation. Encryption is relatively easy, but key management is challenging. There are plenty of encryption tools and SDKs that are out there (Hashicorp Vault, AWS KMS etc.) but we are focusing on ease and speed of implementation, developer experience and self custody of keys. A few months ago, we quit our jobs and started full time on Phase. So…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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1Password Developer Tools▲105
Develop faster, eliminate complexity, protect your secrets
2022 · its alternatives →
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Phase▲107
Open source application secrets manager
2025 · phase.dev · its alternatives →
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Encrypt_Decrypt▲7
#data #security #encode #decode #future #technology
2025 · its alternatives →
7
Ubiq Security▲111
Enable developers to build encryption into apps in minutes
2021 · its alternatives →
8TD
Timelock.dev – Send a secret into the future using timelock encryption▲224
This is simply a web interface built on top of the timelock encryption system posted by Cloudflare last week. https://blog.cloudflare.com/harnessing-office-chaos
2024 · timelock.dev · its alternatives →
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Seald SDK▲108
Protect your users' data with end-to-end encryption.
2021 · its alternatives →
10
dCrypt▲77
Secure encryption made easy
2019 · its alternatives →
11
SecureDB▲83
Encryption as a service for mobile, web and IoT applications
2015 · its alternatives →
12IC
I created a web app to encrypt/decrypt messages using Web Crypto API▲35
2024 · webcrypto-private-messages.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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Stackfield 3▲65
Projects, tasks & team communication - encrypted
2017 · its alternatives →
14E2
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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CipherBoard (pre-launch)▲105
End-to-end encryption within any app you use
2017 · its alternatives →
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No Code▲177
The best way to write apps. Write nothing; deploy nowhere.
2018 · its alternatives →
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AstraCrypt▲65
Store your files in a secure encrypted container
2022 · its alternatives →
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Encrypto▲141
Encrypt the files you send.
2015 · its alternatives →
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fusionTAP▲55
Intuitively secure your data - it's one-TAP-simple
2023 · its alternatives →
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Nen▲12
End-to-end encrypted APIs for modern web.
Jun 2026 · withnen.com · its alternatives →
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Securelog▲112
Prevent leaked secrets across code, logs, and pipelines
2024 · its alternatives →
22
Enigma X▲70
New layer of personal privacy
2025 · its alternatives →
23
PreCloud▲69
Encrypt before upload
2022 · its alternatives →
24EF
Encryption for App Developers▲5
2023 · phase.dev · its alternatives →

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