# SOPS

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/sops/  
**Website:** https://getsops.io/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

SOPS (Secrets OPerationS) is a CNCF Sandbox encrypted file editor that supports YAML, JSON, ENV, INI, and binary formats. SOPS encrypts file values while leaving keys in cleartext, enabling secure storage of secrets in version control systems. Supports AWS KMS, GCP KMS, Azure Key Vault, HuaweiCloud KMS, age, and PGP for key management. Originally created at Mozilla and donated to the CNCF in 2023.

## Kin Score — 19.5 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 19.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 68.5 |
| Contract Quality | 10.7 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 28.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 2.5 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (1)

- **SOPS Go Library** — The SOPS decrypt Go package provides programmatic access to SOPS-encrypted files from Go applications. It supports decryption of YAML, JSON, ENV, INI, and binary formats using c...

## Security (1)

- **Sops Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS

## Plans (1)

- **Sops Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Secrets Management, Encryption, Configuration Management, DevOps, Security, Kubernetes, CNCF

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/sops/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.