Shelve
by Shelve · Secrets management with CLI access, GitHub sync and audit logging
63.8 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Homepage
Overview
Shelve stores API keys, tokens and environment variables in one dashboard and syncs them across environments. Each variable is encrypted with a per-project data encryption key that is itself sealed by a platform key encryption key, and access is controlled through team roles and scoped API tokens. A CLI and an official GitHub App keep local shells and GitHub Actions secrets in step.
- Best for
- Development teams syncing API keys and environment variables across stages via CLI and GitHub
- Pricing
- No prices are shown in the captured text; the homepage FAQ lists the question "Is Shelve free?" but the answer is not captured.
- Runs on
- WebSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Per-project encryption keys, sealed by a platform KEK
- API tokens scoped by project or environment, with optional expiry
- Audit log with actor, IP and user agent, queryable via API
- shelve init adds ignore files so AI agents skip .env files
Trade-offs
- No pricing published on the site, so cost cannot be assessed
- Platform holds the key-encryption key, so it is not zero-knowledge
- Only CLI and GitHub integrations are named; no other CI platforms
- Fixed roles (Owner, Admin, Member) with no custom roles described
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 92 out of 100
- API quality
- 20 out of 100
- Documentation
- 70 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 82 out of 100
- Changelog
- 80 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 60 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 40 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 85 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 70 out of 100
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