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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 7.5k 580

  2. openbao-helm openbao-helm Public

    Helm chart to install OpenBao and other associated components.

    Shell 117 65

  3. openbao-plugins openbao-plugins Public

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

    Go 55 33

  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 9

  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/dependency-vulnerabilities's past year of commit activity
    1 MPL-2.0 2 38 2 Updated Sep 25, 2026
  • marketing-wg Public

    Repository for the Marketing Working Group

    openbao/marketing-wg's past year of commit activity
    0 MPL-2.0 1 0 0 Updated Sep 25, 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 7,522 MPL-2.0 580 250 (69 issues need help) 70 Updated Sep 24, 2026
  • openbao-helm Public

    Helm chart to install OpenBao and other associated components.

    openbao/openbao-helm's past year of commit activity
    Shell 117 MPL-2.0 65 21 (4 issues need help) 4 Updated Sep 24, 2026
  • go-kms-wrapping Public

    External KMS interfaces & providers for OpenBao

    openbao/go-kms-wrapping's past year of commit activity
    Go 11 MPL-2.0 39 9 15 Updated Sep 23, 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 55 MPL-2.0 33 14 (1 issue needs help) 6 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • openbao-fedora Public

    EPEL/Fedora packaging for OpenBao

    openbao/openbao-fedora's past year of commit activity
    Shell 1 MPL-2.0 2 1 (1 issue needs help) 0 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • openbao-nightly Public

    Mirror of OpenBao for nightly & test builds

    openbao/openbao-nightly's past year of commit activity
    Go 0 MPL-2.0 0 0 0 Updated Sep 23, 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 9 4 4 Updated Sep 23, 2026
  • openbao-snapshot-agent Public

    Snapshot agent to create OpenBao backups

    openbao/openbao-snapshot-agent's past year of commit activity
    Jinja 8 MPL-2.0 13 3 2 Updated Sep 21, 2026

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