OpenBao
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
2recommend
0warn against
Mar 21, 2026first mention
Oct 16, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“OpenTofu and OpenBao (part of the Linux Foundation) replacing Hashicorp's Terraform and Vault”
switched from Vaulton “Harvest hikes bills by 1500% after purchased by Bend…”
“Vault is fine though, but I prefer OpenBao now.”
switched from Vaulton “Claude Desktop spins up a VM without no way of stopp…”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
Often compared with
Threads where it came up
- What I self-host 1 mention
- I changed my license 1 mention
- Harvest hikes bills by 1500% after purchased by Bending Spoons 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026) 1 mention
- Claude Desktop spins up a VM without no way of stopping it 1 mention
- Dynamic Workflows in Claude Code 1 mention
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All comments 7
“supports Vault/OpenBao”
“Vault -> OpenBao”
“OpenTofu and OpenBao (part of the Linux Foundation) replacing Hashicorp's Terraform and Vault”
“brokers woodpecker ci to openbao/vault”
“Vault is fine though, but I prefer OpenBao now.”
“There are free alternatives”
“We use Hashicorp Vault(now openbao) to hold the encryption/decryption keys.”