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24 alternatives to Sync your keys and configs via an encrypted Git

Sync your personal dotfiles to an encrypted github - neutron-sync/neutron-sync

This tool lets users store and synchronize their keys and configuration files through an encrypted Git repository. It's designed for developers and system administrators who need to securely manage sensitive settings… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sync your keys and configs via an encrypted Git launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    encrypted config file sync

    2021 · neutronsync.com · its alternatives →

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    Portal▲92

    Zero-config P2P encrypted folder syncing, not the 2007 game

    2021 · github.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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    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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    Bring your dotfiles to remote machine via SSH. Contribute to FOBshippingpoint/shittp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sync-in▲79

    Hi HN, I’m happy to announce the public launch of Sync-in (https://sync-in.com) — a secure, open-source platform to store, sync, organize, and collaborate on files, without compromising privacy. Sync-in wasn’t born from a business plan, but from a personal need: being able to access my files remotely, share them easily with family or colleagues, and protect my data — through a clean, responsive, and user-friendly interface. Over the past 10 years, it has evolved and matured to support individual, team, and organizational workflows. You can host your own workspace to organize,…

    Apr 2026 · sync-in.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi everyone! I'm trying to create a version control system that solves some of the problems that Git and other version control software has when working in a team. Let me know if you have any feedback!

    2023 · jamsync.dev · its alternatives →

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    :lock: GPG Sync is designed to let users always have up-to-date public keys for other members of their organization - firstlookmedia/gpgsync

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    2019 · git-send-email.io · its alternatives →

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    GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2018 · gist.github.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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    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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    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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    Client-side encrypted text editor to sync with Gists - srpeck/encryptedgist

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DropBox/GoogleDrive-style 2-way sync using rsync and fswatch - francoisp/DuplexRsync

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    layer▲88

    I built a small CLI called layer. It manages .git/info/exclude so you can keep local-only files in a repo without adding them to the shared .gitignore. This came from a normal team repo problem. People keep their own local files in a repo: API_SPEC.md, BACKEND_GUIDE.md, ARCHITECTURE_NOTES.md, CLAUDE.md, prompt files, scratch notes, temporary investigation docs, and other markdown files with custom names that are useful for one developer but should not be committed. The usual answer is “just put it in .gitignore”, but that gets messy fast because these files are different for each…

    Mar 2026 · crates.io · its alternatives →

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    Now there is a good way of using Dropbox as a true Git remote: git-remote-dropbox.

    2015 · anishathalye.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple and accessible file encryption.

    2018 · theapurvap.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Manage your work and collaborate with teammates.

    2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I wrote a tool that partially encrypts files based on the presence of a HEREDOC. Check it out: https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;higgins&#x2F;privatize When added to a git repo, it will automatically transparently encrypt&#x2F;decrypt files you want privatized. For example if you configured your repo to privatize the file `example.txt`, you could write: ``` Today I a burrito. <<PRIVATE I was on the toilet for hours. PRIVATE I got a lot of reading done. ``` but when git-commit'ed would become: ``` Today I a burrito. <<PRIVATE xuJ0fld2vmNWaVLogTIufmWsiFso PRIVATE I got a lot of reading…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Share your confidential data with ease

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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