Simplest way to handle authentication WITHOUT a third party? Please any advice really helps

• Ory Hydra

  37 15,068 9.1 Go

  OpenID Certified™ OpenID Connect and OAuth Provider written in Go - cloud native, security-first, open source API security for your infrastructure. SDKs for any language. Works with Hardware Security Modules. Compatible with MITREid.

  

Check this OpenSource OAuth server: https://github.com/ory/hydra

• frank_jwt

  355 250 3.1 Rust

  JSON Web Token implementation in Rust.

Check https://jwt.io/, that should give you plenty of information to go off of.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• Ory Kratos

  41 10,547 9.6 Go

  Next-gen identity server replacing your Auth0, Okta, Firebase with hardened security and PassKeys, SMS, OIDC, Social Sign In, MFA, FIDO, TOTP and OTP, WebAuthn, passwordless and much more. Golang, headless, API-first. Available as a worry-free SaaS with the fairest pricing on the market! (by ory)

  

I think for use case Ory Kratos would be a good fit, it might be that you don't actually need OAuth2.0: https://github.com/ory/kratos/

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