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SPIKE is a lightweight secrets store that uses SPIFFE as its identity control plane. It protects your secrets and helps your ops, SREs, and sysadmins manage sensitive data securely with minimal overhead.

Stars: 176
Forks: 30
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 36

Dominant language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push: Jul 26, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: good first issue
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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36 open issues indexed

Allow `spike --help` to work without running spire-agent Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

spiffe/spike#286 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 16, 2026
EPIC: Scoped SPIKE Pilot Instances for Multi-Tenancy Open

effort:high enhancement future

spiffe/spike#281 · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 16, 2026
use something other than busybox as base image Open

spiffe/spike#280 · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 8, 2026
Implement `spike secret purge` Open

enhancement good first issue

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

spiffe/spike#257 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 10, 2025
`spike cipher encrypt` discards nonce in JSON mode. Open

bug

spiffe/spike#256 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 9, 2025
BUG: When fewer keepers are configured bootsrap silently succeeds. Open

bug good first issue

spiffe/spike#255 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 9, 2025
SPIKE Bootstrap should fail fast for bad keeper configuration Open

developer experience enhancement good first issue quality

spiffe/spike#254 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Dec 9, 2025
Simplify policy identification: use name as primary identifier; remove ID from policies Open

developer experience enhancement good first issue user experience

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

spiffe/spike#250 · Opened Dec 9, 2025
test issue; please ignore Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 1/100

spiffe/spike#244 · Opened Nov 12, 2025
additional memory clear helper to the SDK. Open

spiffe/spike#243 · 1 assignee · Opened Nov 6, 2025
Add `spike cipher` smoke tests to https://github.com/spiffe/spike/blob/main/hack/bare-metal/startup/start.sh Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

spiffe/spike#242 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 3, 2025
`spike secret get` returns a connection error if secret does not exist; it should display a "secret not found" message instead. Open

bug good first issue regression

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

spiffe/spike#238 · Opened Oct 9, 2025
UI That Securely Reveals Secrets Through Asymmetric Web Crypto Open

enhancement security user experience

spiffe/spike#230 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 10, 2025
SPIKE Keeper Shall Automatically Rotate Encrption Keys Open

enhancement security

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 20/100

spiffe/spike#229 · 6 comments · Opened Sep 9, 2025
Test Isolation: Concurrent Database and Environment Variable Access Open

automation good first issue priority:medium tests

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spiffe/spike#217 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 30, 2025
Do Not Cache Secrets and Policies in SPIKE Nexus Open

feat:ha security

spiffe/spike#213 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 22, 2025
Retire BoringCrypto and use Fips140.3 Open

good first issue security

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

spiffe/spike#200 · 1 reaction · Opened Jul 28, 2025
pilot arg server dependency Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

spiffe/spike#198 · Opened Jul 23, 2025
Move bootstrapping logic to its own job Open

enhancement priority:high

spiffe/spike#196 · 1 reaction · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 23, 2025
Implement `spike cipher encrypt` and `spike cipher decrypt` Open

enhancement priority:high

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

spiffe/spike#193 · 3 comments · Opened Jul 22, 2025
List policies by SPIFFE ID or path Open

enhancement good first issue

spiffe/spike#186 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 19, 2025
HA bootstrap logic Open

spiffe/spike#178 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jun 22, 2025
nexus data location configuration missing Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

spiffe/spike#154 · Opened May 21, 2025
Optionally Disable `mlock` via config. Open

good first issue security

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

spiffe/spike#141 · 3 comments · Opened May 2, 2025
Create a `spike status` command Open

good first issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

spiffe/spike#139 · Opened May 2, 2025
Have `spike operator restore --reset` command Open

good first issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spiffe/spike#138 · Opened May 2, 2025
Security: Encrypt policies in the db; also encrypt the path for the secrets Open

good first issue

spiffe/spike#137 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened May 2, 2025
List Policies by SpiffeId Open

good first issue

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

spiffe/spike#134 · 1 comment · Opened May 2, 2025
List Policies By Path Open

good first issue

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

spiffe/spike#133 · 1 comment · Opened May 2, 2025
SPIKE Nexus Shard Creation and Distribution Needs Unit Tests Open

good first issue

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

spiffe/spike#83 · 3 comments · Opened Jan 17, 2025
Keep policy information encrypted too Open

good first issue priority:high security

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spiffe/spike#81 · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 10, 2025
backend sanitization methods should return "reason"s along with the error code. Open

developer experience good first issue user experience

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spiffe/spike#80 · 6 comments · Opened Jan 10, 2025
Binaries built without CGO will not use BoringCrypto as expected Open

good first issue

spiffe/spike#76 · 2 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 2, 2025
enhance SPIKE integration tests Open

good first issue

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

spiffe/spike#35 · Opened Nov 16, 2024
create test automation for the CLI Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

spiffe/spike#22 · Opened Nov 10, 2024
automate unit tests and coverage report generation Open

priority:low

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

spiffe/spike#21 · 1 comment · Opened Nov 10, 2024

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