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4 self-hosted DigiCert alternatives

DigiCert provides TLS/SSL certificates, public key infrastructure (PKI) products and digital trust services, including certificate issuance, code signing, device and document signing, and automated certificate lifecycle management and orchestration for organizations.

Alternatives to DigiCert

Infisical is an open-source platform to manage and deliver app secrets, certificates (PKI), SSH credentials, and encryption keys across teams and infrastructure.

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29k stars2.2k forkslast commit Actively maintained

step-ca is a private CA and ACME server for issuing and automating X.509 TLS and SSH certificates, enabling short-lived credentials and secure enrollment for teams.

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8.8k stars580 forksApache-2.0last commit Actively maintained

Self-hosted web app to generate, manage and distribute mTLS client and server certificates with OIDC auth, email alerts and a REST API.

876 stars43 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

Web-based UI for mkcert to generate, download, and monitor locally-trusted development TLS/SSL certificates with SCEP, authentication, Docker deployment, and email alerts.

222 stars12 forksGPL-3.0last commit Actively maintained

What replacing DigiCert actually involves

Every option on this page is open source and free to run on your own hardware, so you own the data and there is no subscription to cancel. 4 of 4 shipped a commit in the last six months. Licences in this list: Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0. In exchange you take on hosting, backups and updates yourself.

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