Keycloak
96 · HealthyIdentity and access management server with SSO, OIDC, SAML and user federation (CNCF).
Open source Auth & identity
authentik
91 · HealthyIdentity provider with flows, SSO across OIDC, SAML, LDAP and a proxy outpost.
Logto
86 · HealthyAuth and identity service for SaaS and AI apps, built on OIDC with organizations and RBAC.
ZITADEL
84 · HealthyMulti-tenant identity platform with event-sourced audit trail and B2B organizations.
Hanko
84 · HealthyAuthentication server with passkeys, passwords, social login and drop-in web components.
Better Auth
83 · HealthyTypeScript authentication framework with email and social login, passkeys, two-factor, organizations and SSO plugins.
Ory Kratos
78 · StableHeadless identity and user-management server with an API-first design.
Pocket ID
78 · StableLightweight OpenID Connect provider that signs users in to your apps with passkeys only.
SuperTokens
74 · StableAuthentication backend with prebuilt UI, sessions and multi-tenancy.
Authelia
71 · StableSingle sign-on and two-factor portal that sits in front of web apps via a reverse proxy.
Pocket ID
Lightweight OpenID Connect provider that signs users in to your apps with passkeys only.
Will it still be around?
Stable
Score 78/100
Can a business use it freely?
Free to use
BSD-2-Clause · open source (permissive)
Features compared
has,doesn't6 features1 feature
5/11 Auth0 features free in Pocket ID
✕ doesn't have it · ◐ partly · $ higher plan or paid editionBoth have 4
Headline Auth0 features on the B2C Essentials plan, and whether Pocket ID has each in its free, self-hosted edition.
| Feature | Auth0B2C Essentials plan | Pocket ID5 of 11 free |
|---|---|---|
| Auth0 has, Pocket ID doesn't6 | ||
| Social login | Included | No |
| Multi-factor authentication | Included | PartlyPasskeys replace passwords and second factors |
| Enterprise SSO for your customers | Higher planSAML and OIDC connections, Professional | No |
| Organizations (B2B tenants) | Included10 organizations | No |
| Roles and permissions | Included | PartlyUser groups |
| Custom code in login flows | IncludedActions | No |
| Pocket ID has, Auth0 doesn't1 | ||
| Audit logs | Limited5 days of logs | Yes |
| Both have4 | ||
| Hosted login pages | IncludedUniversal Login | Yes |
| Passkeys and passwordless | Included | YesPasskeys only |
| User management console | Included | Yes |
| OAuth 2.0 and OIDC provider | Included | YesOIDC only |
Sources
- Auth0, checked 2026-10-09: auth0.com
- Pocket ID, checked 2026-10-09: pocket-id.org, github.com
Flat Rate Deploy
A 25-user team on Okta Starter Suite pays about $150 a month. Pocket ID on OpenTools costs $15 a month, setup included, so you save $135 a month, about $4,860 over three years.
Monthly cost
- Pocket ID on OpenTools
- $15
- Okta
$150
You save each month
$135/mo
90% less than today
Saving from month one
You save
- Over 3 years
- $4,860
- In year one
- $1,620
List price checked 7 Oct 2026 · Source · Disclaimer
Health score: 78/100
Stable · activity, bus factor and issue responsiveness, from GitHub
Score v2 · How it works
Activity
45% weight100/100
- Last commit 2 days ago (100/100).
- 610 commits in the past 12 months (100/100).
- 28 releases in the past 12 months (100/100).
Bus factor
30% weight36/100
- Top contributor wrote 73% of the last 82 commits (past 12 months).
- 8 people authored those commits.
Responsiveness
25% weight90/100
- 90% of all issues are closed (91 open, 778 closed) (99/100).
- 25 of 30 recent issues got a reply or were closed (83/100).
License
Free to use
BSD-2-Clause · Open source (permissive)
What you need to do
Use, change, host and sell it for any purpose, commercial included, with no license to buy. Keep the copyright notice.
BSD 2-Clause "Simplified" License · Open source (permissive). OSI-approved license with few conditions beyond keeping the copyright notice.
Detected by GitHub as BSD-2-Clause.
GitHub activity
- Stars
- 9.5k
- Forks
- 319
- Commits, 12 mo
- 610
- last 2 days ago
- Releases, 12 mo
- 28
- last 5 days ago
- Contributors
- 106
- 8 in last 82 commits
- Open issues
- 91
- 778 closed
Snapshot from 2026-10-09 · Funding: github, github
Top contributors
Points for pull requests merged into Pocket ID and reviews of them since 3 March 2026 (older history is still loading). Building something another user asked for earns more. 40 people have points on Pocket ID in all.
