Category
Open-source startups in Security and identity
Authentication, access management, secrets, password managers and security scanning. 37 open-source startups in this directory are filed under Security and identity. 28 pushed code in the last 30 days, 5 have been quiet for 31–120 days, 4 have not pushed in over 120 days or are archived. The category is chosen by Jev, TypeSafe’s classifier, reading only the repository’s own name, description and homepage — one category per project, so something that spans two appears under whichever the classifier judged closest.
Ship status
28 of 37 pushed in the last 30 days.
The list
All 37, most-starred first.
The last column is the most recent push to any branch, by a person or a bot — it is not a claim that anyone is maintaining the project, and a quiet repository may be a finished one. The “built for” column and the “alternative to” chips are Jev’s answers about the same repository description, published with the rest of them.
| Project | What it does | Built for | Stars | Ship status | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs | IT and operationsalt to 1Password | 68.9K | Still shipping | ||
Open-source AI penetration testing tool to find and fix your app’s vulnerabilities. | Developers | 68K | Still shipping | ||
Shannon is an AI pentester for web applications and APIs. It analyzes your source code, identifies attack vectors, and executes real exploits to prove vulnerabilities before they reach production. | Developers | 48.8K | Still shipping | ||
JumpServer is an Open-source Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform with AI-powered capabilities, providing DevOps and IT teams a unified workspace to securely access SSH, RDP, Kubernetes, databases, websites, RemoteApp, VirtualApp, and more. | IT and operations | 31.7K | Still shipping | ||
Infisical is the open-source platform for securing secrets, certificates, access, and AI Agents. | Developersalt to 1Password | 29.7K | Still shipping | ||
The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps. OpenID Certified™ and Post-Quantum Cryptography Ready. | IT and operationsalt to Auth0 | 29.2K | Still shipping | ||
The authentication glue you need. | IT and operationsalt to Auth0 | 25.9K | Still shipping | ||
SpiderFoot automates OSINT for threat intelligence and mapping your attack surface. | IT and operations | 23.3K | Gone silent | ||
SafeLine is a self-hosted WAF(Web Application Firewall) / reverse proxy to protect your web apps from attacks and exploits. | IT and operations | 22.7K | Still shipping | ||
The easiest, and most secure way to access and protect all of your infrastructure. | IT and operations | 21K | Still shipping | ||
Bitwarden infrastructure/backend (API, database, Docker, etc). | IT and operationsalt to 1Password | 20.3K | Still shipping | ||
Sandboxie Plus & Classic | Consumers | 19.7K | Still shipping | ||
Internet-scale OpenID Certified™ OpenID Connect and OAuth2.1 provider that integrates with your user management through headless APIs. Solve OIDC/OAuth2 user cases over night. Consume as a service on Ory Network or self-host. Trusted by OpenAI and many others for scale and security. Written in Go. | Developersalt to Auth0 | 17.6K | Slowed | ||
Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads. | IT and operationsalt to Splunk | 17.2K | Still shipping | ||
Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional. | IT and operations | 16.5K | Still shipping | ||
Cryptomator for Windows, macOS, and Linux: Secure client-side encryption for your cloud storage, ensuring privacy and control over your data. | Consumers | 16.3K | Still shipping | ||
Open source alternative to Auth0 / Firebase Auth / AWS Cognito | Developersalt to Auth0 | 15.3K | Still shipping | ||
ZITADEL - Identity infrastructure, simplified for you. | Developersalt to Auth0 | 15.3K | Still shipping | ||
Open-source IDS/IPS, WAF and bot detection for Linux, Windows, Docker and Kubernetes, with a crowdsourced blocklist of malicious IPs. | IT and operationsalt to Splunk | 15.1K | Still shipping | ||
Prowler is the world’s most widely used open-source cloud security platform that automates security and compliance across any cloud environment. | IT and operations | 15K | Still shipping | ||
🧑🚀 Authentication and authorization infrastructure for SaaS and AI apps, built on OIDC and OAuth 2.1 with multi-tenancy, SSO, and RBAC. | Developersalt to Auth0 | 14.7K | Still shipping | ||
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 | Developersalt to Auth0 | 14.5K | Still shipping | ||
Open-Source Phishing Toolkit | Business teams | 14.3K | Gone silent | ||
OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch. | Consumers | 14.1K | Slowed | ||
Bitwarden client apps (web, browser extension, desktop, and cli). | Consumersalt to 1Password | 14K | Still shipping | ||
A lightweight, cryptography-powered, open-source toolkit built to enforce Zero Trust security for infrastructure, applications, and data in the AI-driven world. | IT and operations | 13.9K | Still shipping | ||
Headless cloud-native authentication and identity management written in Go. Scales to a billion+ users. Replace Homegrown, Auth0, Okta, Firebase with better UX and DX. Passkeys, Social Sign In, OIDC, Magic Link, Multi-Factor Auth, SMS, SAML, TOTP, and more. Runs everywhere, runs best on Ory Network. | Developersalt to Auth0 | 13.9K | Slowed | ||
A free, secure and open source app for Android to manage your 2-step verification tokens. | Consumers | 13.3K | Slowed | ||
:globe_with_meridians: :electric_plug: The MetaMask browser extension enables browsing Ethereum blockchain enabled websites | Consumers | 13.2K | Still shipping | ||
Free cross-platform password manager compatible with KeePass | Consumersalt to 1Password | 13K | Gone silent | ||
Kubescape is an open-source Kubernetes security platform for your IDE, CI/CD pipelines, and clusters. It includes risk analysis, security, compliance, and misconfiguration scanning, saving Kubernetes users and administrators precious time, effort, and resources. | IT and operations | 11.8K | Still shipping | ||
一款长亭自研的完善的安全评估工具,支持常见 web 安全问题扫描和自定义 poc | 使用之前务必先阅读文档 | Developers | 11.8K | Gone silent | ||
Automated penetration testing & attack surface management platform. Recon, scan, exploit, report — 600+ exploits, 90+ integrations, 10K+ detections. | IT and operations | 11.4K | Slowed | ||
Apereo CAS - Identity & Single Sign On for all earthlings and beyond. | IT and operationsalt to Okta | 11.4K | Still shipping | ||
OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity and OAuth 2.0 provider with pluggable connectors | Developersalt to Auth0 | 11.2K | Still shipping | ||
🛡️ Open-source and cloud-native Web Application Firewall (WAF) | IT and operations | 11.1K | Still shipping | ||
Open Cyber Threat Intelligence Platform | IT and operations | 10.1K | Still shipping |
Related collections
Sideways from here.
The 8 largest other categories in the directory, then the other ways to slice it.