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Ory Hydra

OpenID Certified OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect server that issues tokens and connects to an existing login and consent app.

Ory Hydra is an OAuth 2.0 authorization server and OpenID Connect provider written in Go. It issues and manages tokens and runs the protocol flows, and it connects to a separate login and consent app. The README lists PostgreSQL, MySQL and CockroachDB among the supported databases, and describes installs on Linux, macOS, Windows, Docker and Kubernetes. Ory Corp maintains the project and also offers it as a managed service on the Ory Network.

Worth knowing

The Ory Enterprise License adds features that the open-source version does not have, along with security releases with service level agreements and support. It is distributed as a Docker image from a private registry that requires authentication, not as a public download. The open-source release line is calendar-versioned, so the current version is named by year and month rather than a major number.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Ory Corp4
Maintained by
Company
First release
20165
Headquarters
United States4

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on2
Install with
docker2

Releases

Last release
2026-03-206

Adoption

GitHub stars
17,6472
Contributors
3012

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-11-03: links
    www.ory.com/hydra
  2. 2026-11-03: links, License, Categories, Written in, Runtime, Runs as, Install with, Databases, GitHub stars, Contributors
    github.com/ory/hydra
  3. 2026-11-03: links
    www.ory.com/docs/hydra
  4. 2026-11-03: Maintainer, Headquarters
    www.ory.com/contact
  5. 2026-11-03: First release
    api.github.com/repos/ory/hydra/releases
  6. 2026-11-03: Last release
    github.com/ory/hydra/releases

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