# GLAuth

Lightweight LDAP server written in Go, with user directories held in flat files, S3, SQL databases or another LDAP server.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/glauth/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://glauth.github.io
- repository: https://github.com/glauth/glauth
- docs: https://glauth.github.io/docs/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: The GLAuth Project
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: auth
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: precompiled binary from the releases page

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-09-13

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 2860
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 45
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://glauth.github.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://glauth.github.io/docs/ (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://glauth.github.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainerType: https://glauth.github.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth/commits/975d1d3b13e808cc667d507a2d367f1ab86ce057 (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/glauth/glauth/blob/GLAuth-v2.5.4/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://glauth.github.io/docs/quickstart.html (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://glauth.github.io/docs/quickstart.html (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://glauth.github.io/docs/containerization.html (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://glauth.github.io/docs/kubernetes.html (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://github.com/glauth/glauth/blob/GLAuth-v2.5.4/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- headlessApi: https://glauth.github.io/docs/web-ui.html (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://glauth.github.io/docs/web-ui.html (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/glauth/glauth/blob/GLAuth-v2.5.4/LICENSE (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://glauth.github.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/glauth/glauth/releases/tag/GLAuth-v2.5.4 (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth/releases/latest (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

GLAuth is an LDAP server. Systems that authenticate against LDAP can use it as their directory. It is written in Go and runs as one process, started with a configuration file. The user directory can stay in that file or sit in another backend: flat files, S3, ownCloud, a SQL database or another LDAP server. An optional web UI shows statistics and application health on the same address as a REST API. The project distributes a standalone executable, a container image and a Helm chart.

## Worth knowing

The quickstart configuration is meant for trying the server out, and the docs say to set up TLS before production use. The README places the single-server setup, driven by a configuration file, in production when it is deployed with Puppet, Chef or Ansible, and calls GLAuth an alternative to OpenLDAP and Active Directory for development or a homelab.

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