7 alternatives to authentik
goauthentik/authentik — The authentication glue you need. (26,087 stars, MIT, ui, auth, infra).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 2,012 licence-cleared components from goauthentik/authentik itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | oauth2-proxy/oauth2-proxy | 7.9 | MIT | 15,270 |
| 2 | better-auth/better-auth | 6.7 | MIT | 30,431 |
| 3 | authgear/authgear-server | 4.6 | Apache-2.0 | 2,125 |
| 4 | nextauthjs/next-auth | 8.3 | ISC | 28,369 |
| 5 | keycloak/keycloak | 6.4 | Apache-2.0 | 37,451 |
| 6 | logto-io/logto | 4.2 | MPL-2.0 | 14,784 |
| 7 | rekey-dev/rekey | 5.3 | MIT | 11 |
The alternatives in detail
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A reverse proxy that provides authentication with Google, Azure, OpenID Connect and many more identity providers.score 7.9/10 · MIT permissive · 15,270 stars · 115 components · search them
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The most comprehensive authentication framework
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Open source Auth0/Keycloak alternative. Passkeys, SSO, MFA, passwordless, biometric login. Self-hosted or cloud. Enterprise-ready for SaaS & mobile appsscore 4.6/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 2,125 stars · 2,927 components · search them
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Authentication for the Web.
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Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
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🧑🚀 Authentication and authorization infrastructure for SaaS and AI apps, built on OIDC and OAuth 2.1 with multi-tenancy, SSO, and RBAC.score 4.2/10 · MPL-2.0 weak-copyleft · 14,784 stars · 3,000 components · search them
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Self-hostable auth and billing behind one API. A user's login and their plan live in the same place. MIT licensed.score 5.3/10 · MIT permissive · 11 stars · 999 components · search them
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