python-social-auth vs Authomatic

python-social-auth

Social auth made simple (by omab)

Authentication OAuth

Source Code

psa.matiasaguirre.net

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Authomatic

Simple yet powerful authorization / authentication client library for Python web applications. (by authomatic)

Authentication OAuth Python oauth2-client oauth-client openid-client Authorization

Source Code

authomatic.github.io

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python-social-auth		Authomatic
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2	Mentions	2
2,828	Stars	1,027
-	Growth	0.3%
0.0	Activity	4.0
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	about 2 months ago
Python	Language	Python
BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License	License	MIT License

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python-social-auth

Posts with mentions or reviews of python-social-auth. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-05.

how to get user email with python social auth with facebook and save it
1 project | /r/codehunter | 6 Apr 2022

I'm trying to implement python-social-auth in django.
Are sessions needed for python-social-auth
2 projects | /r/codehunter | 5 Apr 2022

I'm building a django app with an API backend(built with DRF) and angularjs client. My goal is to completely decouple the server and client using JWT in place of sessions. I'm attempting to integrate python-social-auth(PSA) with django-rest-framework-jwt(DRFJWT), so my goal is to have an auth flow something to this:

Authomatic

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Seeking experienced advice on Authentication providers/libraries for python web app
1 project | /r/webdev | 24 May 2021

I'm seeking some advice hopefully born of experience about authentication solutions for a Python based webapp. I'm interested in SaaS solutions like Auth0 and AzureAD, or libraries like Authomatic (https://github.com/authomatic/authomatic).
Vue Client with Flask Backend
1 project | /r/vuejs | 6 May 2021

If you're using Flask then I might suggest looking at authomatic for the oauth2 authentication side of things.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing python-social-auth and Authomatic you can also consider the following projects:

django-allauth - Integrated set of Django applications addressing authentication, registration, account management as well as 3rd party (social) account authentication.

rauth - A Python library for OAuth 1.0/a, 2.0, and Ofly.

django-oauth-toolkit - OAuth2 goodies for the Djangonauts!

python-oauth2 - A fully tested, abstract interface to creating OAuth clients and servers.

Sanic JWT - Authentication, JWT, and permission scoping for Sanic

Flask-OAuthlib - YOU SHOULD USE https://github.com/lepture/authlib

sanction - A dead simple OAuth2 client implementation.

OAuthLib - A generic, spec-compliant, thorough implementation of the OAuth request-signing logic

authlib - The ultimate Python library in building OAuth, OpenID Connect clients and servers. JWS,JWE,JWK,JWA,JWT included.