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So what we're looking at is probably two or three systems here. I can't help you on what systems integrate.
Documentation
This is for general documentation. SOPs, etc.
I generally advise documentation be stored in Markdown. This is after decades of having to migrate systems or being locked into a documentation system because a migration path was too timely.
Markdown is ultra portable and easy to store/backup. You can get change management interfaces for it, or store it in Git if you have to.
Even something like mdwiki would do the trick in a pinch. The value you see out of this lies in how well you keep it organized and how well you use it.
Client Secrets
This will be served by a secrets manager like https://github.com/Infisical/infisical
I've never used it but I've seen it recommended and it seems like a good project.
I've used things like KeePass, Bitwarden andOnePass. My preference would probably be none of them, but I do like Bitwarden for a personal vault.
Asset Management
This should be handled by an asset management system. This is for things like licenses, hardware, etc.
Snipe-IT was actually my pick for this. Just for assets though, nothing else.
I haven't heard of infisical, but I AM curious what it has that beats KeePass & Bitwarden for you?
It seems like an alternative to HashiCorp Vault, so integration into deployment pipelines would be a huge bonus.
OP doesn't specify what they would use the secrets manager for, but Infisical seems to be a good cross between something like Bitwarden and something like Vault.