Why Self-Host?

Jex is not a hosted secrets platform. The public Jex website hosts the landing page and documentation only. Your team runs the API, dashboard, and PostgreSQL database in infrastructure you control.

That boundary is intentional: a secrets manager should keep secret custody close to the team that owns the applications, credentials, audit requirements, and incident response process.

What your team owns

The database that stores encrypted secret values
The ENCRYPTION_KEY used by the API to encrypt and decrypt secrets
The dashboard where accounts, projects, members, and tokens are managed
Backups, upgrades, monitoring, and network access

What the public website provides

Product overview
Documentation
CLI installation instructions
Self-hosting guides
Links to the open-source repository

It does not provide account creation, a hosted dashboard, or a hosted API.

Recommended flow

Read the self-hosting guide.
Deploy Jex for your team.
Create accounts on your own dashboard.
Install the CLI.
Log in with your API URL.

jex login --api-url https://jex.yourcompany.com