Identity & Access Management

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Maintenance and shipping signals are strong.
Health score: 83/100.
Shipping score: 95/100.

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Best overallKeycloak

Highest organic ToolVitals fit for this use case.

Healthier optionsKeycloak, Authentik, Casdoor, Stack Auth

Stronger current public-health signal than Steward.

Verified open/source-visibleKeycloak, Authentik, Casdoor, Thunder

Useful when portability and inspectability matter.

License unknown, source-visible signalsStack Auth

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Best-fit identity & access management options

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Keycloak

Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services

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Health91

Shipping100

Score96

Confidence100

Stars34.8k

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Authentik

The authentication glue you need.

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Health98

Shipping100

Score99

Confidence100

Stars21.9k

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An open-source Agent-first Identity and Access Management (IAM) /LLM MCP & agent gateway and auth server with web UI supporting OpenClaw, MCP, OAuth, OIDC, SAML, CAS, LDAP, SCIM, WebAuthn, TOTP, MFA, Face ID, Google Workspace, Azure AD

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Health91

Shipping100

Score96

Confidence100

Stars13.7k

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Stack Auth

Open-source Auth0/Clerk alternative

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Health91

Shipping98

Score96

Confidence100

Stars6.8k

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Thunder

Identity and access management product by WSO2.

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Health95

Shipping100

Score97

Confidence100

Stars229

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Logto

🧑‍🚀 Authentication and authorization infrastructure for SaaS and AI apps, built on OIDC and OAuth 2.1 with multi-tenancy, SSO, and RBAC.

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Health94

Shipping89

Score94

Confidence100

Stars12.1k

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Kanidm

Kanidm: A simple, secure, and fast identity management platform

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Health88

Shipping84

Score90

Confidence98

Stars5k

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Pomerium

Pomerium is an identity and context-aware access proxy.

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Health88

Shipping93

Score92

Confidence95

Stars4.8k

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Cerbos

Granular access control and policy engine.

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Health86

Shipping87

Score90

Confidence100

Stars4.4k

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VoidAuth

Single sign-on for self-hosted applications.

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Health87

Shipping95

Score90

Confidence82

Stars2.2k

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Jans

Open source digital identity infrastructure with OAuth/OpenID and SSO components.

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Health88

Shipping95

Score92

Confidence92

Stars632

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Frontier

Frontier is an all-in-one user management platform that provides identity, access and billing management to help organizations secure their systems and data. (Open source alternative to Clerk, WorkOS)

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Health89

Shipping98

Score93

Confidence88

Stars333

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