OpenBao vs SOPS
A side-by-side comparison of OpenBao and SOPS — stars, license, self-host difficulty, deploy options, and what each replaces.
| Tagline | Open-source secrets management forked from HashiCorp Vault under the Linux Foundation | Encrypt files in Git with KMS/age/PGP — secrets management without a server |
| Category | Password Managers & Secrets | Password Managers & Secrets |
| Replaces | HashiCorp Vault | HashiCorp Vault |
| GitHub stars | 6.5k | 22k |
| Language | Go | Go |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MPL-2.0 |
| Self-host difficulty | 4/5 Involved | 1/5 Effortless |
| Deploy options | Docker Kubernetes Manual | Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 26 days ago | 1 month ago |
| View repo | View repo |
