Understanding Authentication

This page summarizes the projects mentioned and recommended in the original post on /r/selfhosted

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  • authelia

    The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps

  • And who are you communicating with? Well the Identity Provider (in self hosted land) is typically keycloak, Authelia, or Authentik. In Cloud Land, it's typically Azure Active Directory, Okta, or one of 50 billion other SaaS identity providers. My personal preference is Keycloak, as it has security audits and the long arm of Red Hat behind it (which is pretty darn important when you're talking about the lynchpin of your authentication).

  • Keycloak

    Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services

  • And who are you communicating with? Well the Identity Provider (in self hosted land) is typically keycloak, Authelia, or Authentik. In Cloud Land, it's typically Azure Active Directory, Okta, or one of 50 billion other SaaS identity providers. My personal preference is Keycloak, as it has security audits and the long arm of Red Hat behind it (which is pretty darn important when you're talking about the lynchpin of your authentication).

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  • authentik

    The authentication glue you need.

  • And who are you communicating with? Well the Identity Provider (in self hosted land) is typically keycloak, Authelia, or Authentik. In Cloud Land, it's typically Azure Active Directory, Okta, or one of 50 billion other SaaS identity providers. My personal preference is Keycloak, as it has security audits and the long arm of Red Hat behind it (which is pretty darn important when you're talking about the lynchpin of your authentication).

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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