Secrets Management

Alternatives to Arcan

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Arcan currently shows at least one risk or watch signal in ToolVitals data.
Multiple signals suggest declining health or reduced shipping momentum.
Health score: 44/100.
Shipping score: 24/100.

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Best alternatives by need

Best overallInfisical

Highest organic ToolVitals fit for this use case.

Healthier optionsInfisical, OneCLI, Phase, OpenBao Operator

Stronger current public-health signal than Arcan.

Verified open/source-visibleInfisical, OneCLI, Phase, OpenBao Operator

Useful when portability and inspectability matter.

License unknown, source-visible signalsZexio ZMS

Public source signals exist, but ToolVitals has not verified the license class.

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Ranked alternatives

Best-fit secrets management options

10 tools

Infisical

Infisical is the open-source platform for secrets, certificates, and privileged access management.

Active

Health93

Shipping100

Score97

Confidence100

Stars27.3k

ModeSource-visible project

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OneCLI

Open-source credential vault for AI agents.

Active

Health91

Shipping100

Score96

Confidence100

Stars2.3k

ModeSource-visible project

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Phase

Application secrets and configuration management for developers.

Active

Health90

Shipping95

Score94

Confidence99

Stars868

ModeSource-visible project

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OpenBao Operator

Kubernetes operator for managing OpenBao clusters and secrets infrastructure.

Active

Health80

Shipping90

Score86

Confidence88

Stars17

ModeSource-visible project

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SecretZero

Git-native secrets-as-code platform.

Active

Health81

Shipping84

Score87

Confidence100

Stars6

ModeSource-visible project

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lopper

measure dependency waste and attack surface before it ships

Active

Health76

Shipping89

Score84

Confidence82

Stars2

ModeSource-visible project

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Relic

Encrypted secrets manager for sharing sensitive data.

Warning

Health69

Shipping67

Score76

Confidence100

Stars174

ModeCLI Tool

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Zexio ZMS

High-performance secrets management system.

Warning

Health56

Shipping51

Score66

Confidence100

Stars0

ModeSource-visible project

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EnvSecrets

Open-source, end-to-end encrypted CLI-first management of your environment secrets.

Critical

Health31

Shipping0

Score33

Confidence81

Stars96

ModeCLI Tool

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Envie

Self-hostable secrets manager and .env replacement.

Critical

Health28

Shipping0

Score28

Confidence76

Stars127

ModeSource-visible project

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