Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to SoftoVault

Secure secrets management for Developers

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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   EnvKey – securely manage API keys, credentials, and config▲116

   2017 · envkey.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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   EnvKey▲79

   Protect api keys and credentials. Keep config in sync.

   2017 · 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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   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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   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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   APIVault▲3

   Secure api key management for developers

   Dec 2025 · its alternatives →

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   Shelve▲156

   Effortless & secure secrets management

   2025 · shelve.cloud · its alternatives →

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   Infisical – open-source secrets manager▲232

   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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    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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    Pulumi ESC▲113

    Centralize environments, secrets, and configuration

    2023 · pulumi.com · its alternatives →

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    Hypervault▲117

    Securely manage and share sensitive data with your team

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    I built a tool that helps people scan and clean any repo for secrets▲20

    2024 · securelog.com · its alternatives →

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    Web tool which spits out hardcoded secret API tokens in apps▲24

    2016 · android.fallible.co · 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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    Hypervault Custom Data Templates▲64

    Hypervault secures your passwords, documents, and sensitive business data. Store, manage, and share confidential information with the right people. EU-based, GDPR compliant.

    2022 · hypervault.com · its alternatives →

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    VaultLite▲3

    Zero-knowledge secret manager for small dev teams

    May 2026 · getvaultlite.com · its alternatives →

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    SecretCrypt – Keeping secrets in plain sight▲75

    2016 · zemanta.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Sym▲123

    Secure your production infrastructure without slowing down

    2023 · symops.com · its alternatives →

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    HasMySecretLeaked▲160

    Check if your secrets and API keys have leaked on GitHub.

    2023 · gitguardian.com · its alternatives →

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    IGETIS KeyVault▲2

    Secure secrets management for .NET, JS & Java developers

    May 2026 · keyvault.igetis.online · its alternatives →

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    envsecrets▲72

    CLI first management of your environment secrets

    2023 · envsecrets.com · its alternatives →

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    EnvFlow▲6

    Manage environment variables across projects easily

    Jun 2026 · envflow.dev · its alternatives →

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    CLI tool that allows you to encrypt and decrypt your env variables▲9

    Environment Variables Encryption Tool. Contribute to ulisesojeda/sealenv development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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