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[GitHub Trending] goauthentik/authentik

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novelty
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community
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personal
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Authentication glue is useful but not novel for a platform engineer.

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Summary

goauthentik/authentik is an open-source Identity Provider (IdP) supporting SAML, OAuth2/OIDC, LDAP, and RADIUS for modern SSO, designed for self-hosting from small labs to large production clusters. It offers deployment via Docker Compose, Kubernetes Helm charts, AWS CloudFormation, and DigitalOcean Marketplace, with an enterprise tier to replace Okta, Auth0, Entra ID, and Ping Identity. The project is trending on GitHub and provides developer documentation for contributions and a security policy.

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