Logto
With over 14,000 GitHub stars, 1 million managed identities on Logto Cloud, and continuous releases through version 1.42.0 in July 2026, Logto has emerged as the most credible open-source alternative to Auth0, Clerk, and AWS Cognito by packaging OIDC, OAuth 2.1, enterprise SSO, multi-tenancy, and RBAC into a single MPL-2.0 codebase that self-hosts for free with no per-MAU pricing surprises. Every Logto tenant operates as a fully compliant OpenID Provider supporting PKCE-only public clients, DPoP token binding, and RFC 9068 JWT access tokens. Pre-built sign-in flows handle email, phone, social login via Google, Facebook, Azure AD, and dozens of connectors, passkey authentication, and multi-factor verification through TOTP and WebAuthn. Organizations enable first-class multi-tenancy where users belong to multiple tenants with per-organization RBAC scopes on API resources. Enterprise SSO connects to Okta, Entra ID, and any SAML or OIDC identity provider. SDKs for over 30 frameworks including React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, Flutter, Go, and Python integrate authentication into SPAs, web apps, mobile apps, APIs, machine-to-machine, and CLI tools. The admin console provides user management, audit logs, webhook event subscriptions, and custom domain configuration. Personal Access Tokens and token exchange support AI agent architectures and MCP server authentication. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. MPL-2.0 licensed.
Pocket ID
Backed by over 8,700 GitHub stars and OpenID Connect certification, Pocket ID delivers what enterprise identity platforms like Keycloak provide but without the configuration complexity — a passkey-only OIDC provider purpose-built for homelabs and small deployments. The core design decision is radical simplicity: no passwords exist in the system, only WebAuthn-based passkeys using hardware security keys, TouchID, FaceID, or device PINs, making phishing attacks structurally impossible rather than merely discouraged. The Go backend built on the Gin framework serves a compiled SvelteKit frontend as static assets, running as a single Docker container with SQLite as the default database and optional PostgreSQL for larger deployments. User management supports manual creation, signup links, and open registration, with group-based access control that restricts which OIDC clients each group can access and attaches custom claims for downstream role mapping. LDAP synchronization pulls users and groups from OpenLDAP or Active Directory, while SCIM support enables automated provisioning from compatible identity sources. Federated client credentials handle machine-to-machine authentication for service-to-service communication patterns. The audit system logs every authentication event with GeoIP enrichment, sends email notifications for sign-ins from unknown devices, and provides one-time login codes for accessing accounts from devices without passkey support. TLS with HTTP/2 is built in, PKCE adds code exchange protection, and OpenTelemetry provides tracing and metrics integration. Running on a dedicated VPS on RepoCloud with guaranteed CPU, RAM, and SSD, full root SSH access, and a browser serial console. BSD 2-Clause licensed.