vault vs talos
vault and talos share 9 technologies: etcd, golang.org/x/oauth2, github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity, github.com/moby/moby/client, github.com/moby/moby/api, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds, cloud.google.com/go/compute/metadata, github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config, and github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore. Both are written in Go.
LinkedInWhat they share and what sets them apart
hashicorp
vault
A tool for secrets management, encryption as a service, and privileged access management
Go36.5kRead on November 7, 2026, at commit f1c357bWhat is vault built with?Only in vault
- MongoDB
- MySQL
- pgx
s3
- github.com/hashicorp/go-memdb
github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3
- Postgres
- Consul
- 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/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/pquerna/otp
- github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal
github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4
- github.com/jcmturner/gokrb5/v8
- github.com/pavlo-v-chernykh/keystore-go/v4
github.com/asaskevich/govalidator
- HashiCorp
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk
- go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace
- Nomad
- OpenTelemetry
github.com/aliyun/alibaba-cloud-sdk-go
github.com/coreos/go-systemd
- github.com/prometheus/common
- go.opencensus.io
- Prometheus
In common
siderolabs
talos
Talos Linux is a modern Linux distribution built for Kubernetes.
Go11.5kRead on November 12, 2026, at commit 790ef2eWhat is talos built with?Only in talos
- net/http
- k8s.io/apiserver
- github.com/rivo/tview
- github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2
- go.uber.org/zap
- containerd
- github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt
- k8s.io/kubelet
github.com/containernetworking/cni
github.com/containernetworking/plugins
github.com/u-root/u-root
- github.com/sirupsen/logrus
- go.uber.org/zap/exp
- k8s.io/klog/v2
- k8s.io/kube-proxy
Side by side
vaulttalos
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
vault1,007,660 lines written2,745 code files
talos582,559 lines written2,108 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
vault0.3% of its commits signed by AIWith GitHub Copilot
talos0.1% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
vaultLast push November 6, 202622,414 commits36,472 stars
talosLast push November 12, 20267,232 commits11,517 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
vault1,904 test files33.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
talos1,075 test files74.7% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, vault or talos?
vault, with 1,007,660 lines written; talos has 582,559.
The proof: hashicorp/vault's code at commit f1c357b
Which has more GitHub stars, vault or talos?
vault, with 36,472 stars; talos has 11,517.
The proof: hashicorp/vault on GitHub
Which has more tests, vault or talos?
vault, with 1,904 test files; talos has 1,075.
The proof: hashicorp/vault's code at commit f1c357b
Which was updated more recently, vault or talos?
talos: its last push was on November 12, 2026, and vault's on November 6, 2026.
The proof: siderolabs/talos's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, vault or talos?
vault: an AI signed 0.3% of its commits, with GitHub Copilot; in talos, 0.1%.
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