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OpenBao

Welcome to OpenBao 👋

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OpenBao is an identity-based secrets and encryption management system with open governance under the OpenSSF.

Contact

For reporting bugs, requesting features, and discussing changes, developers should use GitHub issues and discussions on these repositories. To connect with the community and learn more about the software solution, new users should bookmark or visit the OpenBao web site.

You can reach out to us through the following channels as well:

Community driven development

We love ❤ open source and building our project in the open.

  • At OpenSSF, the umbrella group within the Linux Foundation, OpenBao is a sandbox project.
  • Join us so we can make OpenBao more robust and more inclusive.
  • Please read our contribution guidelines for details of how you can get involved and Code of Conduct for information about how to participate.

Security

Please consult our security policy, if you believe to have identified a security issue or problem.

EU Funding

The OpenBao project is grateful to SAP's ApeiroRA initiative — supported and funded by the EU — for adopting OpenBao as its secrets and key management solution. Their adoption has directly enabled vital contributions to the project.

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  1. openbao openbao Public

    OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys.

    Go 5.5k 344

  2. openbao-helm openbao-helm Public

    Helm chart to install OpenBao and other associated components.

    Shell 74 43

  3. openbao-plugins openbao-plugins Public

    Go 26 13

  4. openbao-k8s openbao-k8s Public

    First-class support for OpenBao and Kubernetes.

    Go 25 9

  5. openbao-secrets-operator openbao-secrets-operator Public archive

    The OpenBao Secrets Operator (bso) allows Pods to consume openbao secrets natively from Kubernetes Secrets.

    Go 22 2

  6. devbao devbao Public

    Development environment for starting OpenBao (Vault) instances

    Go 13 4

Repositories

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  • openbao Public

    OpenBao exists to provide a software solution to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys.

    openbao/openbao’s past year of commit activity
    Go 5,518 MPL-2.0 344 178 (56 issues need help) 62 Updated Mar 3, 2026
  • openbao-snapshot-agent Public

    Snapshot agent to create OpenBao backups

    openbao/openbao-snapshot-agent’s past year of commit activity
    Jinja 3 6 2 5 Updated Mar 3, 2026
  • openbao-csi-provider Public

    OpenBao Provider for Secret Store CSI Driver

    openbao/openbao-csi-provider’s past year of commit activity
    Go 10 MPL-2.0 6 1 10 Updated Mar 2, 2026
  • openbao-k8s Public

    First-class support for OpenBao and Kubernetes.

    openbao/openbao-k8s’s past year of commit activity
    Go 25 MPL-2.0 9 3 9 Updated Feb 27, 2026
  • go-kms-wrapping Public

    KMS wrapping libraries split out from OpenBao

    openbao/go-kms-wrapping’s past year of commit activity
    Go 7 MPL-2.0 27 6 10 Updated Feb 25, 2026
  • openbao-fedora Public

    EPEL/Fedora packaging for OpenBao

    openbao/openbao-fedora’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 0 MPL-2.0 1 0 0 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • openbao-helm Public

    Helm chart to install OpenBao and other associated components.

    openbao/openbao-helm’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 74 MPL-2.0 43 14 (4 issues need help) 3 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • openbao-ecosystem-logos Public

    Logos for the OpenBao websites "Ecosystem" section

    openbao/openbao-ecosystem-logos’s past year of commit activity
    0 11 0 0 Updated Feb 24, 2026
  • openbao-nightly Public

    Mirror of openbao for nightly build process

    openbao/openbao-nightly’s past year of commit activity
    Go 0 MPL-2.0 1 0 25 Updated Feb 23, 2026
  • openbao-secrets-operator Public archive

    The OpenBao Secrets Operator (bso) allows Pods to consume openbao secrets natively from Kubernetes Secrets.

    openbao/openbao-secrets-operator’s past year of commit activity
    Go 22 MPL-2.0 2 3 0 Updated Feb 20, 2026

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