Authentik
Take control of your identity needs with a secure, flexible solution
- Also known as
- authentik
What is Authentik?
A self-hosted, open-source identity provider offering flexible authentication and identity management with support for multiple protocols and zero-trust security.
What Authentik does
The capabilities that matter for auth & identity software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Hosting
- Self-hosted only
- Social login
- -
- Passwordless
- ✓
- Passkeys / WebAuthn
- ✓
- Multi-factor auth
- ✓
- SAML SSO
- ✓
- SCIM provisioning
- ✓
- B2B / multi-tenancy
- -
- OpenID Connect provider
- ✓
- Hosted UI
- Both
- RBAC
- ✓
- Self-hostable OSS core
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Windows
- On-premise
- Self-hosted
Integrations (7)
Independently observed- OAuth2/OIDC
- SAML2
- LDAP
- RADIUS
- SCIM
- WS-Federation
- Microsoft Entra ID
Authentik alternatives
Other auth & identity software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Authentik, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Github Activity | 63 | 18.00 | 1135.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 92 | 12.00 | 1099.6 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 18.00 | 900.0 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 82 | 5.00 | 410.7 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 26 | 12.00 | 311.7 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Release Cadence | 0 | 10.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 5 | 40.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 26.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Pricing Transparency | 0 | 10.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 22,588 | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"mfa":true,"oidc":true,"rbac":true,"hosting":"self","saml_sso":true,"hosted_ui":"both","open_source":true,"passwordless":true,"passkeys_webauthn":true,"scim_provisioning":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 7 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-08-03 · 90% |
Pricing
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Model | commercial | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |