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Keycloak vs Pocket ID: catalog facts
Keycloak	Pocket ID
Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.	Free The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…
Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Single sign-on and single sign-out across applications Supports OpenID Connect and SAML 2.0 identity brokering	Passkey-only sign-in with no passwords to manage or leak Far simpler to run than a full identity platform for a handful of apps
Setting it up and securing it takes real administrative effort More than most single-user homelabs need	Only works with applications that speak OpenID Connect No LDAP, SAML or password fallback by design
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Web application
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: BSD-2-Clause
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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