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LLDAP

Lightweight authentication server that exposes an LDAP interface and a web UI for managing users and groups.

LLDAP is a lightweight authentication server with a simplified LDAP interface, kept deliberately smaller than a full LDAP server. Per its README it connects to other components such as Keycloak, Authelia and Nextcloud that use it as the source of users and groups. Administrators manage those users and groups in a web front end, and scripts can do the same through the GraphQL API. Data is kept in SQLite by default, and the database can be switched to MySQL/MariaDB or PostgreSQL. It runs as a long-lived service that listens on one port for LDAP and another for the web interface, and the install guide covers a container image, Podman, the TrueNAS SCALE app catalog, distribution packages and a build from source with Cargo.

The FAQ names Kanidm as the project to look at when modern identity protocols are needed.

Worth knowing

The README states that the goal is not to provide a full LDAP server. The FAQ states that LLDAP is developed by volunteers, that it offers no commercial support contracts, and that one maintainer knows the whole codebase.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Valentin Tolmer3
Maintained by
Individual3
First release
20214

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on2
Install with
docker image lldap/lldap, with a compose example2

Releases

Current major version
Pre-1.06
Last release
2026-04-306

Adoption

GitHub stars
6,6091
Contributors
1787

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-11-03: links, Written in, GitHub stars
    api.github.com/repos/lldap/lldap
  2. 2026-11-03: links, Runtime, Install with, Runs as
    github.com/lldap/lldap/blob/v0.6.3/docs/install.md
  3. 2026-11-03: Maintainer, Maintained by, License, License model
    github.com/lldap/lldap/blob/v0.6.3/Cargo.toml
  4. 2026-11-03: First release
    github.com/lldap/lldap/releases
  5. 2026-11-03: Categories, Databases, Admin interface, Content API
    github.com/lldap/lldap/blob/main/README.md
  6. 2026-11-03: Current major version, Last release
    github.com/lldap/lldap/releases/tag/v0.6.3
  7. 2026-11-03: Contributors
    api.github.com/repos/lldap/lldap/contributors

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