node-keytar VS Vault

Compare node-keytar vs Vault and see what are their differences.

node-keytar

Native Password Node Module (by atom)

Vault

A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management (by hashicorp)
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node-keytar Vault
3 160
1,339 29,644
- 0.9%
5.9 10.0
over 1 year ago 4 days ago
C++ Go
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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node-keytar

Posts with mentions or reviews of node-keytar. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-03.
  • Encrypt config file
    3 projects | /r/node | 3 Apr 2022
    Something like https://github.com/atom/node-keytar leverages the built-in OS credential management systems.
  • Encrypt and decrypt
    1 project | /r/electronjs | 18 Oct 2021
    You should probably use keytar: https://github.com/atom/node-keytar to store and retrieve a random generated encryption key in the system key chain.

Vault

Posts with mentions or reviews of Vault. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-19.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing node-keytar and Vault you can also consider the following projects:

aws-vault - A vault for securely storing and accessing AWS credentials in development environments

Keycloak - Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services

terracreds - A Terraform Automation and Collaboration Software credentials helper

sealed-secrets - A Kubernetes controller and tool for one-way encrypted Secrets

projectpad2 - Projectpad allows to manage secret credentials and server information that you need to handle as a software developer or sysadmin.

sops - Simple and flexible tool for managing secrets

microvault - Keep your secrets secret. Tool to manage secrets in your public and private repositories. :closed_lock_with_key: :fire:

etcd - Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system

OPA (Open Policy Agent) - Open Policy Agent (OPA) is an open source, general-purpose policy engine.

bitwarden_rs - Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs [Moved to: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden]

Ory Kratos - Next-gen identity server replacing your Auth0, Okta, Firebase with hardened security and PassKeys, SMS, OIDC, Social Sign In, MFA, FIDO, TOTP and OTP, WebAuthn, passwordless and much more. Golang, headless, API-first. Available as a worry-free SaaS with the fairest pricing on the market!

minio - The Object Store for AI Data Infrastructure