Topic
Open-source startups tagged #authentication
8 open-source startups in this directory carry the GitHub topic #authentication. 8 pushed code in the last 30 days, 0 have been quiet for 31–120 days, 0 have not pushed in over 120 days or are archived. Topics are set by each repository’s own maintainers, so this is what those projects chose to call themselves rather than a category we assigned.
Ship status
8 of 8 pushed in the last 30 days.
The list
All 8, 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.
| Project | What it does | Stars | Ship status | Last push |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Source realtime backend in 1 file | 61.4K | Still shipping | ||
The Single Sign-On Multi-Factor portal for web apps. OpenID Certified™ and Post-Quantum Cryptography Ready. | 29.2K | Still shipping | ||
The authentication glue you need. | 25.9K | Still shipping | ||
Open source alternative to Auth0 / Firebase Auth / AWS Cognito | 15.3K | Still shipping | ||
ZITADEL - Identity infrastructure, simplified for you. | 15.3K | Still shipping | ||
🧑🚀 Authentication and authorization infrastructure for SaaS and AI apps, built on OIDC and OAuth 2.1 with multi-tenancy, SSO, and RBAC. | 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 | 14.6K | Still shipping | ||
Apereo CAS - Identity & Single Sign On for all earthlings and beyond. | 11.4K | Still shipping |
Related collections
Sideways from here.
The 8 largest other topics in the directory, then the other ways to slice it.