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Freemium

Open source for self-hosting, with a hosted service that has a free starting plan and paid…

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The open-source software is available without a license fee. Hosting, hardware and…

Web, Self-hosted Linux, Web, Self-hosted
  • Self-hostable, with deployment documentation
  • Built-in MFA, passwordless and social login
  • Puts authentication and 2FA in front of applications that have none
  • Fine-grained rules per domain, path, user and group
  • Aimed at developers integrating identity into applications
  • Running it yourself means operating an identity service
  • Requires a supported reverse proxy configured correctly to be secure
  • Configuration is a large YAML file with many interacting options
Self-hosted, Hosted service 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

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 22, 2026

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