Authentik
goauthentik/authentik
An open-source alternative to Auth0 and Okta.
The authentication glue you need. (from the repository)
- Stars
- 26,005
- Licence
- NOASSERTION
- Last push
- 2026-10-19
- Written in
- Python
Is it alive?
Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 9 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Recent
version/2026.8.4, 13 days ago
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
84% closed
763 open · 4,080 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
+134 in 9 days
26,005 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.
What a business may do with it
Not identifiedNOASSERTION
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Run it yourself
Authentik’s README does not show a docker run, docker compose up or helm install in a code block, so this page will not guess one. It may be a desktop app, a library, or documented on its website.
Authentik against the other open-source options
Every project offered against Auth0 and Okta, most-starred first.
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 KeyCloak | 37,427 | Active | Permissive | ○ | Java |
 Authelia | 29,307 | Active | Permissive | ○ | Go |
 Authentik (this page) | 26,005 | Active | Not identified | ○ | Python |
 ORY | 17,617 | Slowing | Permissive | ○ | Go |
 Supertokens | 15,349 | Active | Not identified | ○ | Java |
 Zitadel | 15,345 | Active | Network copyleft | ○ | Go |
 Hanko | 9,043 | Active | Not identified | ○ | Go |
 Cerbos | 4,626 | Active | Permissive | ○ | Go |
Where this page comes from
- Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-19
- The pairing with Auth0 and Okta and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
- Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data