License
kovra is proprietary software, published by Kaeus Inc. The kovra core is free to use; the enterprise tier is a paid subscription.
What that means in practice
Section titled “What that means in practice”- The core is free. Download the installer from kovra.sh and use kovra — the CLI, the vault, the Wrapper, the MCP server — for personal, internal, and commercial use, at no cost.
- Enterprise is a subscription. The organizational features (centralized management, team vaults, fleet governance, and more) are licensed commercially.
- kovra is closed-source: the source code is not publicly distributed.
How you can still trust a secrets tool you can’t fork
Section titled “How you can still trust a secrets tool you can’t fork”Auditability matters for a tool you trust with secrets. We provide it through controlled verification rather than public source:
- Independent security audits by reputable firms, with the reports published.
- Source review under NDA for enterprise customers who require it before or during a deployment.
- Source escrow for continuity — so an enterprise customer is never stranded if Kaeus stops maintaining the software.
- Reproducible builds — so the binaries you install verifiably correspond to the reviewed source.