

Vault license, foundation and stars
Infrastructure and storage · Business Source License 1.1 (source-available) · backed by HashiCorp · 36,487 stars
A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management
Source-availableAug 11, 2023
MPL 2.0 to Business Source License 1.1
HashiCorp moved its products to the Business Source License; Vault 1.15 and later.
Forks it prompted
| Date | Project | What |
|---|
| Nov 9, 2023 | OpenBao | Nov 9, 2023: Forked from Vault (the last MPL-2.0 release line). Source |
Latest release
v2.1.1 published Sep 16, 2026
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About and history
- Repository
- hashicorp/vault · created Feb 25, 2015
- Website
- developer.hashicorp.com/vault
- Language
- Go
- Foundation
- None; run by HashiCorp
- Company
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- GitHub detects
- NOASSERTION (a custom or multi-license file; the license above is read from the file itself)
- Stars per week
- 28 (GitHub weekly snapshots)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Bar | Stars |
|---|
| Nov 9, 2026 | | 36,487 |
| Oct 26, 2026 | | 36,448 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | | 36,408 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | | 36,378 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | | 36,293 |
Changes
Stars per weekNov 9, 2026
Gains about 28 stars a week, down from 31.
Stars per weekOct 30, 2026
Gains about 31 stars a week, up from 29.
Stars per weekOct 20, 2026
Gains about 29 stars a week, down from 43.
Stars per weekOct 10, 2026
Gains about 43 stars a week, down from 70.
TrackedSep 24, 2026
Now tracked, from hashicorp/vault on GitHub.