Chamber vs VMware Secrets Manager
Chamber
github.comVMware Secrets Manager
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| Figure | Chamber | VMware Secrets Manager |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Secrets Management Tools | 8.2 (#8) | 8.0 (#15) |
| Encryption | The project specifies Argon2id key derivation and ChaCha20-Poly1305 encryption with 256-bit keys and 96-bit nonces. | The production documentation says VSecM Safe encrypts secrets using age, or AES-256-GCM in FIPS-compliant environments. |
| License | The project is licensed under the MIT License. | The VSecM code is distributed under the BSD 2-Clause License. |
| Purpose | Chamber is a local-first secrets manager for passwords, API keys, certificates, database credentials, and other sensitive information. | VMware Secrets Manager is a Kubernetes-native key-value store for securely storing and dispatching secrets to cloud-native workloads. |
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