# Flask-Login

Flask extension that manages user sessions, handling logging in, logging out and remembered sessions for Flask applications.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/flask-login/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- home: https://flask-login.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- repository: https://github.com/maxcountryman/flask-login
- docs: https://flask-login.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Matthew Frazier
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2012
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: auth
- hosting: python
- language: python
- runtime: python
- runtimeMin: python 3.7
- basedOn: flask

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: pip

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-10-30

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3674
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 102
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 8547
- dependentPackages: 113

### Sources

- urls: https://flask-login.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/maxcountryman/flask-login (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://flask-login.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-08)
- basedOn: https://flask-login.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://github.com/maxcountryman/flask-login/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/maxcountryman/flask-login/commits/f07abd02547ed2ed3a35bbf3101a2523415d47fd (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://github.com/maxcountryman/flask-login/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/maxcountryman/flask-login (read 2026-11-08)
- runtime: https://pypi.org/pypi/flask-login/json (read 2026-11-08)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/maxcountryman/flask-login/blob/0.6.3/setup.cfg (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://flask-login.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://github.com/maxcountryman/flask-login/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/maxcountryman/flask-login/blob/main/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/maxcountryman/flask-login/releases (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/maxcountryman/flask-login/releases/latest (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/maxcountryman/flask-login (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/maxcountryman/flask-login/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/flask-login (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/pypi.org/packages/flask-login (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

Flask-Login is an extension to Flask that manages user sessions. It handles logging users in and out and remembering their sessions over longer periods. It is not bound to a particular database system or permissions model. The extension is installed with pip.

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Credit, in full: FindSoftware, CC BY 4.0