The authentication glue you need.
Flows and policies edited in a web UI, plus an outpost proxy for apps without SSO.
- Language
- Python
- Licence
- Other
- Stars
- 26k
- Latest
- version/2026.8.3
- Last push
- 2026-10-06
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Keycloak
Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
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| Tool | Fit | Stars | Licence | Terms | Self-hosted | Language | Latest | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| authentik | Full replacement | 26k | Other | Open core | Yes | Python | version/2026.8.3 | 2026-10-06 |
| Kanidm | Partial | 5.4k | MPL-2.0 | Open source | Yes | Rust | v1.11.2 | 2026-10-05 |
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About Keycloak
- Language
- Java
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Stars
- 37k
- Last push
- 2026-10-06