# authentik

Self-hosted, open source identity provider with OIDC, SAML, LDAP and proxy authentication.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/authentik/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://goauthentik.io
- repository: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik
- docs: https://docs.goauthentik.io/install-config/install/docker-compose/
- pricing: https://goauthentik.io/pricing/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Authentik Security Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: auth
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.14
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: docker compose

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: unknown
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-14

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 26005
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- name: https://goauthentik.io (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://goauthentik.io (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://docs.goauthentik.io/install-config/install/docker-compose/ (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/blob/version/2026.8.4/LICENSE (read 2026-10-19)
- licenseModel: https://goauthentik.io (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik (read 2026-10-19)
- runtime: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/blob/version/2026.8.4/pyproject.toml (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/blob/version/2026.8.4/pyproject.toml (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://docs.goauthentik.io/install-config/install/docker-compose/ (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://docs.goauthentik.io/install-config/install/docker-compose/ (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainer: https://goauthentik.io (read 2026-10-19)
- maintainerType: https://goauthentik.io (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://goauthentik.io/pricing/ (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik/releases/tag/version/2026.8.4 (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/goauthentik/authentik (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://docs.goauthentik.io/install-config/install/docker-compose/ (read 2026-10-19)

## Notes

authentik is a self-hosted identity provider. It signs users in through OIDC, SAML, LDAP, SCIM, RADIUS and Kerberos, and it can also protect applications as a proxy. Authentik Security Inc. holds the copyright. The [install guide](https://docs.goauthentik.io/install-config/install/docker-compose/) covers Docker Compose and Kubernetes.

## Worth knowing

The MIT license covers the core code; the authentik/enterprise directory has a separate license file, and the website directory is under CC BY-SA 4.0. A paid Enterprise tier sits beside the open-source edition.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0