Teller
Teller is an open-source secret manager for developers working with secrets during development, testing, and app builds.
What Teller is
Teller is an open-source secret manager for developers working with secrets during development, testing, and app builds. It connects to vaults, key stores, and cloud services for managing secrets across individual environments or team workflows. Named integrations include HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Consul, AWS SSM, dotenv providers, etcd, and an in-memory store. The `teller run` command can launch a subprocess with variables fetched through Teller, and `teller env` can provide a Docker `--env-file`. It can scan code for secrets and return exit code 1 in CI when `--error-if-found` detects one. Teller can also redact secrets from process output, logs, live log tails, and files. Provider mappings can specify a root path, mapping ID, and optional key renames; configuration templates can use environment variables. The project describes copying, syncing, writing, and deleting provider values, though write operations depend on provider support. It is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows under the Apache-2.0 license.
Good
- Connects to several named vault and cloud providers.
- Can supply environment variables to subprocesses and Docker.
- Scans code for secrets in CI.
- Redacts secrets from logs, output, and files.
- Free and open source.
Watch out
- Write operations depend on provider support.
- The opened pages establish limited platform testing evidence.
Who it suits
Teller suits developers who need to manage secrets across environments or team workflows, including those running scans in CI. It is available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Verdict
Teller combines provider-based secret management with environment-variable injection, code scanning, and redaction. Check that your provider supports any write operations you need.
Plans and prices
From Teller's own pricing page, checked 4 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Teller | Free | Open-source universal secret manager for developers |
The facts
Each one read from Teller's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Configuration
- Provider mappings can specify a root path, mapping ID, and optional key renames; configuration can use environment variables in templates.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Environment variables
- The `teller run` command can run a subprocess with variables fetched through Teller, and `teller env` can supply a Docker `--env-file`.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Install
- The project offers downloadable release binaries and a source installation method using `cargo install --path .`.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The README names HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Google Secret Manager, HashiCorp Consul, AWS SSM, and dotenv providers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- License
- The GitHub repository identifies the project as Apache-2.0 licensed.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- The README says write operations are available only for providers that support write use cases.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Provider list
- The provider documentation also lists etcd and an in-memory store.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Provider operations
- The README describes copying or syncing mapped values, writing values to supported providers, and deleting values from providers.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Teller is an open-source secret manager for developers working with secrets while developing, testing, and building apps.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Redaction
- Teller can redact secrets from process output, logs, live log tails, and files.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Secret scanning
- Teller can scan code for secrets and can be run in CI with `--error-if-found`, which returns exit code 1 when it finds something.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Use case
- It connects to vaults, key stores, and cloud services to help manage secrets for an individual environment or team workflow.checked 4 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform evidence
- A 2025 issue reports testing Teller 2.0.7 on Linux x86_64; the opened pages do not establish support for other platforms.checked 4 Oct 2026
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