# MaxKey

Self-hosted identity and access management server with single sign-on, OAuth 2, OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, CAS and SCIM support.


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

## Record

### Links

- home: https://www.maxkey.top
- repository: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey
- docs: https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/overview/intro

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: MaxKey
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: auth
- hosting: java
- language: java
- runtime: jvm
- runtimeMin: jvm 21
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: Windows zip download with bundled JDK

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 4
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-21

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 1982
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 42
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://www.maxkey.top/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/overview/intro (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://www.maxkey.top/ (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/install/tutorial (read 2026-11-03)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey/blob/4.2.0/ReleaseNotes.txt (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/install/tutorial (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/install/deploy_linux (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/install/deploy_docker_compose (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/install/deploy_docker (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/install/deploy_baota (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/install/deploy_linux (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey/releases/tag/4.2.0 (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey/releases/tag/4.2.0 (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey/releases/tag/v.1.2GA (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/install/tutorial (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://github.com/dromara/MaxKey/blob/main/README.md (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

MaxKey is an identity and access management server written in Java that provides single sign-on for web and mobile applications. It speaks OAuth 2.x and OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, JWT, CAS and SCIM, and it stores its data in MySQL. The [Linux install guide](https://www.maxkey.top/doc/docs/install/deploy_linux) sets up a JDK, a MySQL schema and separate start scripts for the authentication server, the management server and a demo, with nginx in front. The same documentation also covers a Windows bundle that includes its own JDK, a Docker Compose setup and a Docker script that pulls the project's images.

## Worth knowing

The comparison page lists an Enterprise Edition beside the Community Edition. The English pages on the site describe an older release line than the Chinese documentation.

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