keycloak
Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
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keycloak (Java) — Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
You are doing enterprise SSO with SAML/OIDC and need self-hosting for compliance reasons.
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Enterprise auth/IAM platform. ~24k stars. Java-based, self-hosted, supports SAML, OIDC, fine-grained authorization. Heavy to operate but the right pick for compliance-heavy enterprise apps.
You are doing enterprise SSO with SAML/OIDC and need self-hosting for compliance reasons.
You are a small team or a B2C product — way too much complexity.
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