Awesome Auth

A curated list of authentication and user management platforms, libraries, and resources.

Platforms

A selection of platforms offering authentication and user management services:

Clerk: Provides embeddable UIs, APIs, and dashboards for user authentication and management.
Auth0: Offers authentication and authorization services with support for various identity providers, SSO, MFA, and social logins.
Firebase Authentication: Part of Google's Firebase platform, it supports authentication using passwords, phone numbers, and popular federated identity providers.
Okta: An enterprise-grade identity management service providing SSO, MFA, and lifecycle management, integrating with a wide range of applications and directories.
OneLogin: Cloud-based identity and access management solutions, including SSO, MFA, and user provisioning, with a focus on ease of use and integration capabilities.
JumpCloud: A comprehensive directory platform that includes user authentication, device management, and conditional access controls, suitable for cloud-based environments.
FusionAuth: A developer-friendly platform offering authentication, authorization, and user management, with features like SSO, MFA, and social logins, designed for easy integration.
Keycloak: An open-source identity and access management solution that supports SSO, social login, and federated identity brokering, suitable for applications and services.

A collection of libraries to assist in implementing authentication and authorization:

Lucia: An open-source authentication library for JavaScript and TypeScript, providing resources to implement authentication from scratch with flexibility and simplicity.
Passport.js: Simple, unobtrusive authentication for Node.js, supporting a comprehensive set of strategies.
Devise: A flexible authentication solution for Rails applications.
Django Allauth: Integrated set of Django applications addressing authentication, registration, account management, and third-party (social) account authentication.
Spring Security: A powerful and highly customizable authentication and access-control framework for Java applications.
Laravel Socialite: A Laravel package that provides an easy and convenient way to authenticate with OAuth providers like Facebook, Twitter, Google, and more.
- Socialite Providers: An extension to Laravel Socialite offering a collection of OAuth 1 and OAuth 2 packages, enabling integration with additional providers beyond those supported by default.

Additional resources for understanding and implementing authentication:

OAuth 2.0: Authorization framework enabling applications to obtain limited access to user accounts on an HTTP service.
OpenID Connect: Simple identity layer on top of the OAuth 2.0 protocol, allowing clients to verify the identity of end-users.
JSON Web Tokens (JWT): Open standard for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object.

Authentication Pricing Comparison: Compare various authentication pricing options.

Contributions are welcome! Please submit a pull request or open an issue to add new platforms, libraries, or resources.

This repository is licensed under the MIT License.