Infisical

Infisical is the secrets manager built for developers who think HashiCorp Vault is overkill. Store, sync, and inject secrets into your apps with a clean dashboard, CLI, and SDKs. Environment variables, managed properly, without the enterprise complexity.

If you're still copying .env files around or sharing secrets in Slack, Infisical is the upgrade. Vault is the gold standard but requires a team to operate. Doppler is the managed commercial alternative — slick but paid. 1Password has developer features now but isn't purpose-built. SOPS encrypts files but doesn't manage access or rotation.

Best for indie hackers and small teams who need proper secret management without hiring a DevOps engineer to run Vault.

The catch: the license is proprietary (MIT with Commons Clause on some components, now a custom license). Self-hosting the full feature set requires an enterprise license. The free cloud tier has limits. And if you're already in AWS, Parameter Store or Secrets Manager might be simpler — one less tool to manage.