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SOPS

Encrypted secrets in git you can diff

provisional — pending verificationMPL-2.0self-hostable

Arete score

4.8 / 5

Autonomy5

Return4

Efficiency5

Transparency5

ἀρετή “AH-reh-tay” — excellence: a thing being good at what it’s for. Mean of the four principle scores. How we score →

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~ Provisional — seeded estimate by a human researcher; full rubric pass pending.

Why it's listed

SOPS is listed in security & encryption tools because it competes on utility: encrypted secrets in git you can diff. It's stewarded by a non-profit or foundation, which structurally protects it from acquisition-driven enshittification. Licensed MPL-2.0; pricing: free. Technically it's lean — it runs comfortably on modest hardware, which is exactly the proof-of-work efficiency we rank for. This entry is provisional — the scores are seeded estimates pending our full manual rubric pass, and the verification date will appear here once complete.

Facts

License: MPL-2.0
Pricing: Free
Funding model: CNCF
Self-hostable: Yes
Verification: Provisional — scores are seeded estimates pending manual verification

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