keywhiz
The premium Open Source alternative to HashiCorp Vault
🎯 Best for:Large-scale infrastructure requiring secure, automated secret distribution.
What is keywhiz?
Replaces HashiCorp Vault for distributing TLS certificates and API keys to distributed services. Uses a central server to manage access control lists and distribute secrets over mutual TLS to authenticated clients.
Tech Stack
JavaSecurity & Passwords
Why keywhiz?
- • Strong identity-based access control
- • Designed for high-availability environments
- • Battle-tested at Square
Limitations
- • Complex initial setup
- • Java runtime overhead
- • Smaller ecosystem than Vault
3/3/2026
Last Update
213
Forks
46
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on HashiCorp Vault)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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