goauthentik/authentik
The authentication glue you need.
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Where it stands
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5 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 20 days ago, with 452 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #6 in the weekly ranking the week of Aug 2, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides an open-source Identity Provider supporting SAML, OAuth2/OIDC, LDAP, and RADIUS for modern single sign-on (SSO) solutions.
- Enables secure, scalable self-hosted identity management suitable for both small labs and large production clusters.
- Use for replacing commercial IdPs like Okta or Auth0 with a customizable open-source alternative in enterprise environments.
- Use for deploying identity services on Kubernetes clusters using Helm charts for scalable cloud-native infrastructure.
- Use for quick test or small setups via Docker Compose or one-click deployment on DigitalOcean Marketplace.
Should you depend on it?
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From the README
authentik is an open-source Identity Provider (IdP) for modern SSO. It supports SAML, OAuth2/OIDC, LDAP, RADIUS, and more, designed for self-hosting from small labs to large production clusters.
Our enterprise offering is available for organizations to securely replace existing IdPs such as Okta, Auth0, Entra ID, and Ping Identity for robust, large-scale identity management.
Daily snapshots
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+1,541 stars over 90 days across 22 snapshot days; best day +56 on Aug 19.
Forks
2.1K+226
Open issues
933-229
Compared with peers in Authentication
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tailscale/tailscale | 38.9K | +311 | 75 | today |
| fosrl/pangolin | 23.6K | +218 | 75 | 6 days ago |
| flipped-aurora/gin-vue-admin | 25.1K | +10 | 75 | 116 days ago |
| goauthentik/authentik | 26.3K | — | 75 | 20 days ago |
| tinyauthapp/tinyauth | 8.5K | — | 39 | today |
| duolahypercho/codex-router | 4.0K | — | 52 | 52 days ago |
| Category median | 23.6K | +218 | 75 | — |
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