# Hanko

Open-source authentication backend for passkeys, passwords and passcodes, with web components for login and registration flows.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.hanko.io/
- repository: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko
- docs: https://docs.hanko.io
- pricing: https://www.hanko.io/pricing
- x: https://x.com/hanko_io
- discord: https://discord.com/invite/jW2r526qjg
- forum: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/discussions

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Hanko GmbH
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2022
- hqCountry: DE

### Kind

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

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: postgres, mysql
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: yes, i18n and custom translations

### Rendering and deploy

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

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: AGPL-3.0, MIT (hanko-elements and hanko-frontend-sdk), Non-Copyleft commercial license on request

### Releases

- currentMajor: 3
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-01

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 9062
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 10750
- contributors: 54
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.hanko.io/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/teamhanko/hanko (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://docs.hanko.io (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://www.hanko.io/privacy (read 2026-11-03)
- hqCountry: https://www.hanko.io/privacy (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/teamhanko/hanko (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- i18n: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/backend/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://www.hanko.io/pricing (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/releases/tag/backend/v3.1.0 (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/teamhanko/hanko/releases/tag/backend/v3.1.0 (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/teamhanko/hanko/commits/v0.1.0 (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/teamhanko/hanko (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/teamhanko/hanko/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-03)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-10-23:2026-10-29/@teamhanko/hanko-elements (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Hanko is an authentication backend for passkeys, passwords and passcodes, with an API for user management, organizations and roles. Applications call its HTTP API directly, or they embed hanko-elements, a set of web components for login and registration screens that talk to that API.

The backend runs as a service with a public API and an administrative API, and it keeps its data in PostgreSQL or MySQL. It needs an SMTP server to send mail. It installs from a Docker image, pre-built binaries or a source build, and the docs describe importing users from Firebase.

## Worth knowing

The backend is licensed under AGPL-3.0, while hanko-elements and the frontend SDK are MIT licensed. The project also offers a non-copyleft commercial license on request, and a fully managed service, Hanko Cloud, which is hosted in the AWS Frankfurt region.

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