Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/vs/hashicorp/vault
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/vs/hashicorp/vault.md
Description: crowdsec and vault share 11 technologies: pgx, s3, MySQL, Postgres, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4, Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api, and github.com/prometheus/common. Both are written in Go.

# crowdsec vs vault

crowdsec and vault share 11 technologies: pgx, s3, MySQL, Postgres, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4, Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api, and github.com/prometheus/common. Both are written in Go.

- [crowdsecurity/crowdsec](https://seerepo.com/r/crowdsecurity/crowdsec): Open-source IDS/IPS, WAF and bot detection for Linux, Windows, Docker and Kubernetes, with a crowdsourced blocklist of malicious IPs.
- [hashicorp/vault](https://seerepo.com/r/hashicorp/vault): A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: pgx, s3, MySQL, Postgres, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4, Prometheus, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/prometheus/common
- Only in crowdsec: Gin, go-sqlite3, kafka-go, github.com/bluele/gcache, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kinesis, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sqs, SQLite, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/s3/manager, k8s.io/apiserver, github.com/jedib0t/go-pretty/v6, github.com/AlecAivazis/survey/v2, entgo.io/ent, github.com/beevik/etree, validate, github.com/getkin/kin-openapi, github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6, github.com/sirupsen/logrus, github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog, github.com/prometheus/client_model, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs, gopkg.in/natefinch/lumberjack.v2
- Only in vault: MongoDB, github.com/hashicorp/go-memdb, github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3, Consul, etcd, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru, github.com/gocql/gocql, github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru/v2, cloud.google.com/go/cloudsqlconn, github.com/denisenkom/go-mssqldb, github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client, github.com/aliyun/aliyun-oss-go-sdk, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/dynamodb, github.com/Azure/azure-storage-blob-go, github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach-go/v2, github.com/go-zookeeper/zk, github.com/hashicorp/raft-boltdb/v2, github.com/patrickmn/go-cache, github.com/SAP/go-hdb, go.etcd.io/etcd/client/pkg/v3, go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3, Google, approle, github.com/go-jose/go-jose/v4, github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/credentials, github.com/pquerna/otp, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal, github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5, github.com/jcmturner/gokrb5/v8, github.com/pavlo-v-chernykh/keystore-go/v4, github.com/asaskevich/govalidator, HashiCorp, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/sts, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk, go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace, Nomad, OpenTelemetry, cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata, github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore, github.com/coreos/go-systemd, go.opencensus.io

## Side by side

| | crowdsec | vault |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 136,939 lines written, 588 code files | 1,007,660 lines written, 2,745 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code and GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot |
| Activity | Last push November 6, 2026, 2,773 commits, 15,498 stars | Last push November 6, 2026, 22,414 commits, 36,472 stars |
| Tests | 238 test files. 57.5% of its code files have a test that imports them | 1,904 test files. 33.7% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, crowdsec or vault?

vault, with 1,007,660 lines written; crowdsec has 136,939.

The proof: [hashicorp/vault's code at commit f1c357b](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/tree/f1c357b1d5d802a8ec0e1b7af82351f869ff80aa)

### Which has more GitHub stars, crowdsec or vault?

vault, with 36,472 stars; crowdsec has 15,498.

The proof: [hashicorp/vault on GitHub](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault)

### Which has more tests, crowdsec or vault?

vault, with 1,904 test files; crowdsec has 238.

The proof: [hashicorp/vault's code at commit f1c357b](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/tree/f1c357b1d5d802a8ec0e1b7af82351f869ff80aa)

### Which was updated more recently, crowdsec or vault?

Both got their last push on November 6, 2026.

The proof: [hashicorp/vault's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, crowdsec or vault?

vault: an AI signed 0.3% of its commits, with GitHub Copilot; in crowdsec, 0.2%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in hashicorp/vault](https://seerepo.com/r/hashicorp/vault/ai)

## Sources

- crowdsecurity/crowdsec: Read on November 8, 2026, at commit 849c7a2 (https://github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/tree/849c7a28d0bde8c0d3bb45c33041014c69e7e771)
- hashicorp/vault: Read on November 7, 2026, at commit f1c357b (https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/tree/f1c357b1d5d802a8ec0e1b7af82351f869ff80aa)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.