# Openbao Linux Foundation

> Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04.

- **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/openbao-linux-foundation
- **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/openbao-linux-foundation.json
- **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/openbao-linux-foundation/llms.txt
- **Official website:** https://openbao.org
- **Slug:** openbao-linux-foundation
- **Categories:** cybersecurity

## Overview

- **Tagline:** A community-run, open-source project under the Linux Foundation, providing a robust solution for secrets management and identity-based access, forked from HashiCorp Vault to ensure open governance and licensing.
Source: Brand's website (https://openbao.org) · 2026-10-04

- **Description:** OpenBao is an open-source software solution developed under the Linux Foundation to manage, store, and distribute sensitive data including secrets, certificates, and keys. It offers secure secret storage, dynamic secret generation, data encryption with centralized key management, and identity-based access control.
Source: Brand's website (https://openbao.org) · 2026-10-04

## Offerings

- **Core capabilities:**
  - OpenBao software
  - offering secure secret storage
  - dynamic secret generation
  - data encryption as a service
  - and identity-based access control with a unified ACL system.
Source: Brand's website (https://openbao.org) · 2026-10-04

- **Pricing:** Open-source (OSI-approved license) under open governance principles, with community-driven development.
Source: Brand's website (https://openbao.org) · 2026-10-04

## Audience

- **Target industry:** Organizations seeking to manage identity sprawl, secure sensitive data, simplify data encryption across diverse IT environments, and require automatic secret revocation and lease management.
Source: Brand's website (https://openbao.org) · 2026-10-04

## Landscape

- **Competitors:**
  - HashiCorp Vault
Source: Brand's website (https://openbao.org) · 2026-10-04

Page last updated 2026-10-04.