Open Source Linux Authentication Software
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View 40 business solutionsBrowse free open source Authentication software and projects for Linux below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Authentication software by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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*NOTE* Migrated to http://github.com/cracklib/cracklib Next generation version of libCrack password checking library. As of Oct 2008 (reflected in 2.8.15 code release), licensed under LGPL.
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JXplorer - A Java Ldap Browser
Mature LDAP, LDIF and DSML client with i18n support.
A java LDAP client with LDIF support, security (inc SSL, SASL & GSSAPI), translated into many languages (inc. Chinese), online help, user forms and many other features. The commercial version is available at https://jxworkbench.com for $9.95. It extends JXplorer to include: - custom LDAP reporting - to pdf, word etc. - Find and Replace with regexp and attribute substitution - A secure password vault to store directory connections - etc. Support for JXplorer and JXWorkbench is available at http://jxplorer.org. Commercial support available from sales@jxworkbench.com -
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EJBCA is an enterprise class PKI Certificate Authority built on JEE technology. It is a robust, high performance, platform independent, flexible, and component based CA to be used standalone or integrated in other JEE applications.
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Keycloak
Identity and access management for modern applications and services
Add authentication to applications and secure services with minimum fuss. No need to deal with storing users or authenticating users. It's all available out of the box. You'll even get advanced features such as User Federation, Identity Brokering and Social Login. Keycloak is an open source Identity and Access Management solution aimed at modern applications and services. It makes it easy to secure applications and services with little to no code. Users authenticate with Keycloak rather than individual applications. This means that your applications don't have to deal with login forms, authenticating users, and storing users. Once logged-in to Keycloak, users don't have to login again to access a different application. This also applied to logout. Keycloak provides single-sign out, which means users only have to logout once to be logged-out of all applications that use Keycloak. -
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Gobuster
Directory/File, DNS and VHost busting tool written in Go
Gobuster is a tool used to brute-force. This project is born out of the necessity to have something that didn't have a fat Java GUI (console FTW), something that did not do recursive brute force, something that allowed me to brute force folders and multiple extensions at once, something that compiled to native on multiple platforms, something that was faster than an interpreted script (such as Python), and something that didn't require a runtime. Provides several modes, like the classic directory brute-forcing mode, DNS subdomain brute-forcing mode, the mode that enumerates open S3 buckets and looks for existence and bucket listings, and the virtual host brute-forcing mode (not the same as DNS!). Since this tool is written in Go you need to install the Go language/compiler/etc. Full details of installation and set up can be found on the Go language website. Once installed you have two options. You need at least go 1.16.0 to compile gobuster. -
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authentik
The authentication glue you need
authentik is an open-source Identity Provider that emphasizes flexibility and versatility. It can be seamlessly integrated into existing environments to support new protocols. authentik is also a great solution for implementing sign-up, recovery, and other similar features in your application, saving you the hassle of dealing with them. authentik is an open-source Identity Provider focused on flexibility and versatility. You can use authentik in an existing environment to add support for new protocols, implement sign-up/recovery/etc. in your application so you don't have to deal with it, and many other things. You can adopt authentik to your environment, regardless of your requirements. Need an Active-Directory integrated SSO Provider? Do you want to implement a custom enrollment process for your customers? Are you developing an application and don't want to deal with User verification and recovery? authentik can do all of that, and more. -
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ZITADEL
Identity infrastructure, simplified for you
Secure authentication management for your application. Customize as you grow, with easy APIs and programmable workflows. Focus on growing, your login is in good hands. Streamline your application development with our all-in-one identity suite. Designed for all user types, be it consumers, businesses, or employees. Offload complex tasks by using our API as solid abstractions. Benefit from an adaptable identity infrastructure with custom code extensions and robust security defaults. -
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OpenPAM is an open source PAM library that focuses on simplicity, correctness, and portability.
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Sentry
Cross-platform application monitoring and error tracking software
Sentry is a cross-platform, self-hosted error monitoring solution that helps software teams discover, monitor and fix errors in real-time. The most users and logs will have to provide are the clues, and Sentry provides the answers. Sentry offers enhanced application performance monitoring through information-laden stack traces. It lets you build better software faster and more efficiently by showing you all issues in one place and providing the trail of events that lead to errors. It also provides real-time monitoring and data visualization through dashboards. Sentry’s server is in Python, but its API enables for sending events from any language, in any application. More than fifty-thousand companies already ship better software faster thanks to Sentry; let yours be one of them! -
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truffleHog
Searches through git repositories for high entropy strings and secrets
truffleHog searches through git repositories for high entropy strings and secrets, digging deep into commit history. TruffleHog runs behind the scenes to scan your environment for secrets like private keys and credentials, so you can protect your data before a breach occurs. Secrets can be found anywhere, so TruffleHog scans more than just code repositories, including SaaS and internally hosted software. With support for custom integrations and new integrations added all the time, you can secure your secrets across your entire environment. TruffleHog is developed by a team entirely comprised of career security experts. Security is our passion and primary concern, and all features are developed with best practices in mind. TruffleHog enables you to track and manage secrets within our intuitive management interface, including links to exactly where secrets have been found. TruffleHog runs quietly in the background, continuously scanning your environment for secrets. -
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Better Auth
The most comprehensive authentication library for TypeScript
Better Auth is framework-agnostic authentication (and authorization) library for TypeScript. It provides a comprehensive set of features out of the box and includes a plugin ecosystem that simplifies adding advanced functionalities with minimal code in a short amount of time. Whether you need 2FA, multi-tenant support, or other complex features. It lets you focus on building your actual application instead of reinventing the wheel. -
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Fail2Ban
Daemon to ban hosts that cause multiple authentication errors
Fail2Ban scans log files and bans IPs that show the malicious signs -- too many password failures, seeking for exploits, etc. Generally Fail2Ban is then used to update firewall rules to reject the IP addresses for a specified amount of time, although any arbitrary other action (e.g. sending an email) could also be configured. Out of the box Fail2Ban comes with filters for various services (apache, courier, ssh, etc). Fail2Ban is able to reduce the rate of incorrect authentications attempts however it cannot eliminate the risk that weak authentication presents. Configure services to use only two factor or public/private authentication mechanisms if you really want to protect services. -
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Logto
Authentication and authorization infrastructure for SaaS and AI apps
Logto is an open-source authentication and authorization platform built for SaaS, AI products, and modern developer teams. It helps teams add secure sign-in, sign-up, user management, organization support, and access control without building identity infrastructure from scratch. The project is based on standards such as OIDC, OAuth 2.1, and SAML, making it suitable for web apps, mobile apps, APIs, machine-to-machine access, and enterprise integrations. It supports multi-tenancy, role-based access control, enterprise SSO, MFA, social login, and customizable authentication experiences. Developers can integrate it through SDKs for many popular frameworks and languages. Logto is especially useful for teams that need production-grade identity features while keeping control over branding, architecture, and deployment options. -
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appwrite
Secure Backend Server for Web, Mobile & Flutter Developers
Appwrite is a self-hosted and cloud backend-as-a-service platform that provides developers with all the core APIs required to build any application. Build your entire backend within minutes and scale effortlessly using Appwrite's open-source platform. Add Authentication, Databases, Functions, Storage, and Messaging to your projects using the frameworks and languages of your choice. -
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WiKID Two-Factor Authentication System
Two-factor authentication system
The WiKID Strong Authentication System is a public-key based two-factor authentication system. It is a flexible, extensible, and secure alternative to tokens, certs and passwords. Application & API support exists for Java, ASP, PHP, Ruby, OpenVPN, TACACS+, etc. Read our eGuide on how to setup your network with two-factor authentication: http://www.wikidsystems.com/learn-more/two-factor-authentication-white-papers -
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LDAP Account Manager (LAM) is a webfrontend for managing accounts stored in an LDAP directory. You can use templates for account creation and use multiple configuration profiles. Account information can be exported as PDF file.
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Casdoor
An open-source Identity and Access Management (IAM)
A UI-first Identity Access Management (IAM) / Single-Sign-On (SSO) platform supporting OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML and CAS, integrated with Casbin RBAC and ABAC permission management. Within a few steps, we can setup a Casdoor app and realize our authorization management. Casdoor has a front-end back-end separation architecture, with maneuverable web UI and supporting high concurrency. Casdoor is supporting multi-languages, using i18n to support multi-languages UI. For more languages support, welcome to propose in our community. Casdoor SDK provides many functions, such as identity authentication, user management, resource upload, etc. Access to Casdoor is very convenient, please visit How to Connect to Casdoor for details. Casdoor also support sign up directly. By filling your Username, Display name, Password and Email, after your receive your Email code, you can sign up in Casdoor. -
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DACS - Distributed Access Control System
Authentication, Access Control, and Single Sign-On
DACS,a light-weight single sign-on and role-based security system for Apache or server-based software, provides comprehensive authentication capabilities, and powerful, transparent rule-based authorization checking for any web service or CGI program. The latest release is DACS 1.5.2 (28-Aug-2026) It is not available here! Get it at https://dacs.dss.ca/download.html -
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MaxKey
MaxKey SSO ,Leading-Edge IAM-IDaas(Identity and Access Management)
Maxkey Single Sign On System, which means the Maximum key, Leading-Edge IAM/IDaas Identity and Access Management product, supports OAuth 2.x/OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0, JWT, CAS, SCIM, and other standard protocols, and provide Secure, Standard and Open Identity management (IDM), Access management (AM), Single Sign On (SSO), RBAC permission management and Resource management. MaxKey focuses on performance, security, and ease of use in enterprise scenarios, is widely used in industries such as healthcare, finance, government, and manufacturing. -
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Pocket ID
Easy-to-use OIDC provider that allows to authenticate with passkeys
Pocket-ID is an open-source OpenID Connect (OIDC) identity provider that prioritizes passwordless authentication using modern passkeys, making secure login easier for self-hosted services. By supporting passkeys instead of traditional passwords, Pocket-ID aligns with evolving web authentication standards, letting users sign in with devices, hardware keys like YubiKey, or platform-managed credentials. It’s designed to be simpler to install and use than larger identity solutions like Keycloak or Hydra and integrates smoothly with other self-hosted applications that understand OIDC protocols. With Docker-ready setup and broad community interest, the project supports a fully self-managed authentication stack where you control user identity, sessions, and login flows without relying on third-party services. It has gained popularity in the self-hosted ecosystem as a straightforward way to add single sign-on capabilities and modern security to your apps. -
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Überauth
An Elixir Authentication System for Plug-based Web Applications
Ueberauth is a two-phase authentication framework that provides a clear API, allowing for many strategies to be created and shared within the community. It is heavily inspired by Omniauth. You could call it a port but it is significantly different in operation, but almost the same concept. Huge hat tip to Intridea. Ueberauth provides only the initial authentication challenge, (initial OAuth flow, collecting the information from a login form, etc). It does not authenticate each request, that's up to your application. You could issue a token or put the result into a session for the needs of your application. Libraries like Guardian can help you with that aspect of authentication. Strategies implement the two phases and then may allow the request to flow through to your downstream plugs. Implementing the request and callback phases is optional depending on the strategies requirements. If a strategy does not redirect, the request will be decorated with Ueberauth information. -
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PAM module which permits authentication for arbitrary services via ssh-agent. Written with sudo in mind, but like any auth PAM module, can be used for for many purposes.
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Agent Auth Protocol
Standard and implementation for AI agent authentication
Agent Auth Protocol is a specification-oriented project within the Better Auth ecosystem that defines a structured protocol for authentication between applications and autonomous agents. It is designed to standardize how AI agents and services securely authenticate, communicate, and manage identity within modern software systems. Built alongside the broader Better Auth framework, it integrates with a comprehensive authentication system that supports features like OAuth, multi-factor authentication, and session management. The protocol focuses on enabling secure interactions in environments where automated agents act on behalf of users or systems, requiring robust identity verification and permission handling. It aligns with modern authentication standards and is intended to work seamlessly with APIs, distributed systems, and AI-driven workflows. -
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Central Authentication Service (CAS)
Identity & Single Sign On for all earthlings and beyond
Welcome to the home of the Apereo Central Authentication Service project, more commonly referred to as CAS. CAS is an enterprise multilingual single sign-on solution and identity provider for the web and attempts to be a comprehensive platform for your authentication and authorization needs. CAS is an open and well-documented authentication protocol. The primary implementation of the protocol is an open-source Java server component by the same name hosted here, with support for a plethora of additional authentication protocols and features. Monitor and track application and system behavior, statistics and metrics in real-time. Manage and review audits and logs centrally, and publish data to a variety of downstream systems. Manage and register client applications and services with specific authentication policies. Cross-platform client support (Java, .NET, PHP, Perl, Apache, etc).
