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Rauthy vs Keycloak: catalog facts
Rauthy	Keycloak
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
OIDC and OAuth 2 single sign-on PAM support for Linux logins	Single sign-on and single sign-out across applications Supports OpenID Connect and SAML 2.0 identity brokering
Smaller community than established IAM servers Requires running and maintaining your own server	Setting it up and securing it takes real administrative effort More than most single-user homelabs need
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
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 October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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