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Articles tagged with open-source.
The Best Open-Source Okta Alternatives Compared
The best open-source Okta alternatives compared: Keycloak, Authentik, Zitadel, and Ory. How they differ on architecture, features, and fit, and…
9 min readKeycloak vs authentik: The Honest 2026 Comparison
Keycloak vs authentik in July 2026: an honest scorecard with version-stamped facts, where authentik genuinely wins, where Keycloak does, and…
11 min readOpen Source Authentication in 2026: Complete Comparison
Keycloak, authentik, Zitadel, Ory, Authelia, Casdoor, SuperTokens, and FusionAuth compared: licenses, protocols, and deployment weight, verified July 2026.
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What is Keycloak? The Complete Developer's Guide
The complete guide to Keycloak: open source IAM for SSO, MFA, user federation, and RBAC. Architecture, features, version history, and…
13 min readWorkOS Alternatives: Open-Source and Self-Hosted
The best WorkOS alternatives for B2B SSO, SCIM, and multi-tenancy. Open-source and self-hosted options like Keycloak, Authentik, Ory, and more…
12 min readZitadel Alternatives for Developers
Compare Zitadel alternatives for developers: Keycloak, Authentik, Ory, FusionAuth, SuperTokens, Auth0, and WorkOS, by license, deployment, and protocols.
13 min readKeycloak vs Authelia: Self-Hosted Auth Comparison
Keycloak vs Authelia compared across architecture, protocols, MFA, federation, and footprint. A fair, honest guide to picking the right self-hosted…
11 min readKeycloak vs Ory: Headless vs All-in-One Identity
Keycloak vs Ory compared: the all-in-one IdP vs Ory's headless, API-first stack (Kratos, Hydra, Keto, Oathkeeper). Architecture, effort, and when…
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Introducing Locke: a Keycloak Distribution That Lets You Choose Your Cache
Locke is an Apache 2.0 Keycloak distribution with embedded Infinispan or a Redis cache backend, selectable at boot with KC_CACHE,…
6 min readKeycloak vs Zitadel: Open-Source IAM Compared
Keycloak vs Zitadel compared on licensing, architecture, multi-tenancy, self-hosting, and extensibility to help you choose the right open-source IAM platform.
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