Infisical Has a Free Open-Source Secret Management Platform

Infisical is a free, open-source secrets management platform that helps you sync environment variables and secrets across your team and infrastructure.

What Is Infisical?

Infisical replaces scattered .env files with a centralized, encrypted secrets manager. Think of it as a free alternative to HashiCorp Vault — but actually easy to set up.

Key features:

• End-to-end encrypted secret storage
• Dashboard for managing secrets across environments
• Auto-sync secrets to your apps (no .env files)
• Secret versioning and audit logs
• Role-based access control
• Integrations: Kubernetes, Docker, Vercel, Netlify, AWS, GitHub Actions
• Self-hostable or cloud-hosted

Why Stop Using .env Files?

Every team has this problem:

• .env files shared over Slack (insecure)
• Different values on dev/staging/prod (bugs)
• New team member needs 30 minutes to set up env vars
• Secrets committed to git accidentally
• No audit trail — who changed what?

Infisical solves all of this.

Quick Start

Option 1: Cloud (free tier)

Sign up at app.infisical.com, create a project, add your secrets.

Option 2: Self-host

git clone https://github.com/Infisical/infisical
cd infisical
docker compose -f docker-compose.prod.yml up -d

Using Infisical in Your App

Install the CLI:

# macOS
brew install infisical/get-cli/infisical

# Linux
curl -1sLf https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/infisical/infisical-cli/setup.deb.sh | sudo -E bash
sudo apt install infisical

Run your app with secrets injected:

infisical run -- npm start

That's it. No .env file needed. Secrets are fetched at runtime.

SDK Support

// Node.js SDK
import { InfisicalClient } from "@infisical/sdk";

const client = new InfisicalClient({
  token: process.env.INFISICAL_TOKEN
});

const secrets = await client.listSecrets({
  environment: "production",
  projectId: "your-project-id"
});

Also available for Python, Java, Ruby, Go, and .NET.

Integrations

Infisical syncs secrets to:

• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, Jenkins
• Cloud: AWS Parameter Store, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager
• Platforms: Vercel, Netlify, Render, Railway, Fly.io
• Containers: Kubernetes, Docker Compose
• Frameworks: Next.js, NestJS, Django, Rails

Set it once — secrets auto-sync everywhere.

Free Tier

Feature	Free	Pro
Projects	Unlimited	Unlimited
Secrets	Unlimited	Unlimited
Team members	Up to 5	Unlimited
Environments	3	Unlimited
Versioning	Yes	Yes
Audit logs	7 days	1 year
Self-host	Yes	Yes

The free tier is generous enough for most small teams.

Security

• End-to-end encryption (secrets never stored in plaintext)
• SOC 2 Type II certified
• Secret rotation support
• IP allowlisting
• MFA enforcement
• Detailed audit logs

Who Uses Infisical?

With 17K+ GitHub stars:

• Startups replacing .env files
• DevOps teams centralizing secrets
• Security-conscious companies needing audit trails
• Teams tired of "can you Slack me the API key?"

Get Started

1. Create free account or self-host
2. Add your secrets to a project
3. Install CLI or SDK
4. Run your app — secrets injected automatically

No more .env files. No more Slack-shared secrets. No more "it works on my machine."

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