Open source Auth & identity

Keycloak

96 · Healthy

Identity and access management server with SSO, OIDC, SAML and user federation (CNCF).

Free to useApache-2.0★ 37kLast commit yesterday

authentik

91 · Healthy

Identity provider with flows, SSO across OIDC, SAML, LDAP and a proxy outpost.

Free core, paid extrasMIT★ 26kLast commit yesterday

Logto

86 · Healthy

Auth and identity service for SaaS and AI apps, built on OIDC with organizations and RBAC.

Free core, paid extrasMPL-2.0★ 15kLast commit yesterday

ZITADEL

84 · Healthy

Multi-tenant identity platform with event-sourced audit trail and B2B organizations.

AGPL-3.0Relicensed 2025★ 15kLast commit 3 days ago

Hanko

84 · Healthy

Authentication server with passkeys, passwords, social login and drop-in web components.

AGPL-3.0★ 9.0kLast commit 4 days ago

Better Auth

83 · Healthy

TypeScript authentication framework with email and social login, passkeys, two-factor, organizations and SSO plugins.

Free to useMIT★ 30kLast commit yesterday

Ory Kratos

78 · Stable

Headless identity and user-management server with an API-first design.

Free to useApache-2.0★ 14kLast commit 2 months ago

Pocket ID

78 · Stable

Lightweight OpenID Connect provider that signs users in to your apps with passkeys only.

Free to useBSD-2-Clause★ 9.5kLast commit 2 days ago

SuperTokens

74 · Stable

Authentication backend with prebuilt UI, sessions and multi-tenancy.

Free core, paid extrasApache-2.0★ 15kLast commit 8 days ago

Authelia

71 · Stable

Single sign-on and two-factor portal that sits in front of web apps via a reverse proxy.

Free to useApache-2.0★ 29kLast commit 2 days ago

Hanko

Authentication server with passkeys, passwords, social login and drop-in web components.

GitHub hanko.io

Alternative to

Auth0 Clerk Stytch WorkOS

Will it still be around?

Healthy

Score 84/100

Details

Can a business use it freely?

AGPL-3.0 · open source (copyleft)

Details

Features compared

Has the featureshas,Doesn't have themdoesn't3 features

5/8 Auth0 features free in Hanko

✕ doesn't have it · ◐ partly · $ higher plan or paid editionBoth have 4

Headline Auth0 features on the B2C Essentials plan, and whether Hanko has each in its free, self-hosted edition.

Auth0 and Hanko, feature by feature
Feature	Auth0B2C Essentials plan	Hanko5 of 8 free
Auth0 has, Hanko doesn't3
Organizations (B2B tenants)	Included10 organizations	No
Custom code in login flows	IncludedActions	PartlyWebhooks
OAuth 2.0 and OIDC provider	Included	No
Hanko has, Auth0 doesn't1
Audit logs	Limited5 days of logs	Yes
Both have4
Hosted login pages	IncludedUniversal Login	YesDrop-in web components
Social login	Included	Yes
Multi-factor authentication	Included	YesTOTP and security keys
Passkeys and passwordless	Included	YesPasskey-first

Sources

Auth0, checked 2026-10-09: auth0.com
Hanko, checked 2026-10-09: docs.hanko.io, github.com

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Flat Rate Deploy

List price checked 8 Oct 2026 · Source · Disclaimer

Bespoke

We set up Hanko for you. You pay once.

Worth it from 10,000 monthly active users

You pay $35 a month for Auth0. Setup is $3,000, paid once, and after that Hanko runs for about $324 a month (your server, about $24, plus about $300 of maintenance), so at this size it takes more than 12 months to pay back.

Worth it from: 10,000monthly active userspays back within 12 months
Setup, paid once: $3,000fixed price, agreed up front
Maintenance: $150/houronly when you ask for it

What we do

Data migrationRecords, files and history moved from Auth0, with a test run before the cut-over
ConfigurationWorkflows, custom fields, roles, permissions and SSO set up for your team
IntegrationsConnected to your CRM, Slack, accounting tools and APIs
MaintenanceUpdates, fixes and admin help when you ask, at $150 an hour
Paid editionsThe vendor's paid features, enabled, with the licence at cost
ComplianceData residency, audit logs, data processing agreements, security questionnaires
TrainingAn admin walkthrough, a runbook and sessions for your team

Total spent, month by monthAuth0Bespoke Hanko

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Month	Auth0	Bespoke	Saved so far
Today	$0	$3,000	–
Month 3	$105	$3,972	–
Month 6	$210	$4,944	–
Month 9	$315	$5,916	–
Month 12	$420	$6,888	–
Month 18	$630	$8,832	–
Month 24	$840	$10,776	–
Month 30	$1,050	$12,720	–
Month 36	$1,260	$14,664	–

Servers run on your own cloud account, paid to your provider. Running cost counts about 2 hours of maintenance a month; you're billed only for hours you ask for. Migration and the other activities are quoted with the setup.

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Health score: 84/100

Healthy · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub

Score v2 · How it works

Activity

45% weight

100/100

Last commit 4 days ago (100/100).
454 commits in the past 12 months (100/100).
9 releases in the past 12 months (100/100).

Bus factor

30% weight

53/100

Top contributor wrote 60% of the last 25 commits (past 12 months).
6 people authored those commits.

Responsiveness

25% weight

92/100

91% of all issues are closed (38 open, 397 closed) (100/100).
25 of 29 recent issues got a reply or were closed (86/100).

License

AGPL-3.0 · Open source (copyleft)

For Hanko

The backend is AGPL-3.0; the elements and frontend-sdk directories carry their own licenses.

AGPL-3.0 (server) + separately licensed web components and SDK · Open source (copyleft). OSI-approved license that requires sharing changes under the same license when you distribute (AGPL: also when you offer it over a network).

License text checked 2026-10-09 · Read it

GitHub activity

Stars: 9.0k
Forks: 1.0k
Commits, 12 mo: 454; last 4 days ago
Releases, 12 mo: 9; last 8 days ago
Contributors: 53; 6 in last 25 commits
Open issues: 38; 397 closed

Snapshot from 2026-10-09

Top contributors

Points for pull requests merged into Hanko and reviews of them since 4 June 2026 (older history is still loading). Building something another user asked for earns more.

Flat Rate Deploy$39/mo