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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.

Appendix

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  1. openbao openbao Public

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

    Go 8.4k 618

  2. openbao-helm openbao-helm Public

    Helm chart to install OpenBao and other associated components.

    Shell 120 66

  3. openbao-plugins openbao-plugins Public

    A first-party collection of external plugins for OpenBao, including additional auth & secrets engines.

    Go 60 35

  4. openbao-k8s openbao-k8s Public

    First-class support for OpenBao and Kubernetes.

    Go 26 9

  5. openbao-csi-provider openbao-csi-provider Public

    OpenBao Provider for Secret Store CSI Driver

    Go 23 10

  6. 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 1

Repositories

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  • openbao-helm Public

    Helm chart to install OpenBao and other associated components.

    openbao/openbao-helm's past year of commit activity
    Shell 120 MPL-2.0 66 23 (4 issues need help) 2 Updated Oct 8, 2026
  • openbao Public

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

    openbao/openbao's past year of commit activity
    Go 8,358 MPL-2.0 618 258 (66 issues need help) 78 Updated Oct 8, 2026
  • openbao-plugin-secrets-oauthapp Public Forked from puppetlabs/vault-plugin-secrets-oauthapp

    OAuth 2.0 secrets plugin for OpenBao supporting a variety of grant types

    openbao/openbao-plugin-secrets-oauthapp's past year of commit activity
    Go 12 Apache-2.0 18 5 2 Updated Oct 8, 2026
  • openbao-csi-provider Public

    OpenBao Provider for Secret Store CSI Driver

    openbao/openbao-csi-provider's past year of commit activity
    Go 23 MPL-2.0 10 4 4 Updated Oct 7, 2026
  • openbao-k8s Public

    First-class support for OpenBao and Kubernetes.

    openbao/openbao-k8s's past year of commit activity
    Go 26 MPL-2.0 9 4 5 Updated Oct 3, 2026
  • artwork Public
    openbao/artwork's past year of commit activity
    1 CC-BY-4.0 3 0 0 Updated Oct 2, 2026
  • openbao-ecosystem-logos Public

    Logos for the OpenBao websites "Ecosystem" section

    openbao/openbao-ecosystem-logos's past year of commit activity
    1 26 0 3 Updated Oct 2, 2026
  • openbao-plugins Public

    A first-party collection of external plugins for OpenBao, including additional auth & secrets engines.

    openbao/openbao-plugins's past year of commit activity
    Go 60 MPL-2.0 35 17 (1 issue needs help) 6 Updated Oct 2, 2026
  • dev-wg Public

    Development Working Group

    openbao/dev-wg's past year of commit activity
    1 3 29 0 Updated Oct 2, 2026
  • go-kms-wrapping Public

    External KMS interfaces & providers for OpenBao

    openbao/go-kms-wrapping's past year of commit activity
    Go 12 MPL-2.0 39 9 16 Updated Oct 2, 2026

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