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Open-source alternatives to Okta

Okta is a commercial identity provider delivered as a service: single sign-on, MFA and user lifecycle. Keycloak and authentik are self-hosted, open-source identity providers that speak OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0 and SAML.

Okta is a commercial product by Okta (official site). Category: Identity, access and secrets management.

Comparison

Tool	Licence	Stars	Last commit	Best for
Keycloak	Apache-2.0Open source	37k	today	Identity and access management for apps and services
authentik	MITOpen source	26k	today	Self-hosted identity provider

Open-source options

Keycloak
Identity and access management for apps and services
Identity provider with single sign-on, OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0 and SAML, user federation, MFA and fine-grained authorisation. A CNCF project.
Stars
37k
Forks
9.1k
Last commit
today
Apache-2.0Open sourceIdentity, access and secrets management
Alternative toOkta Auth0
authentik
Self-hosted identity provider
Identity provider supporting OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML, LDAP, RADIUS and a proxy provider, with flow-based customisation of every login step.
Stars
26k
Forks
2.1k
Last commit
today
MITOpen sourceIdentity, access and secrets management
Alternative toOkta Auth0

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