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GLAuth

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

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.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
The GLAuth Project1
Maintained by
Community1
First release
20184

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on5
Install with
precompiled binary from the releases page678

Releases

Current major version
211
Last release
2026-09-1312

Adoption

GitHub stars
2,8602
Contributors
4513

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-11-03: links, Maintainer, Maintained by, License model
    glauth.github.io/
  2. 2026-11-03: links, Written in, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth
  3. 2026-11-03: links
    glauth.github.io/docs/
  4. 2026-11-03: First release
    api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth/commits/975d1d3b13e808cc667d507a2d367f1ab86ce057
  5. 2026-11-03: Categories, Runs as
    github.com/glauth/glauth/blob/GLAuth-v2.5.4/README.md
  6. 2026-11-03: Runtime, Install with
    glauth.github.io/docs/quickstart.html
  7. 2026-11-03: Install with
    glauth.github.io/docs/containerization.html
  8. 2026-11-03: Install with
    glauth.github.io/docs/kubernetes.html
  9. 2026-11-03: Content API, Admin interface
    glauth.github.io/docs/web-ui.html
  10. 2026-11-03: License
    github.com/glauth/glauth/blob/GLAuth-v2.5.4/LICENSE
  11. 2026-11-03: Current major version
    github.com/glauth/glauth/releases/tag/GLAuth-v2.5.4
  12. 2026-11-03: Last release
    api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth/releases/latest
  13. 2026-11-03: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/glauth/glauth/contributors?per_page=1

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