Technical shortlist

Open-source IAM tools for developers and platform teams

Identity sits on the critical path of every application. Start with the identities, protocols and trust boundaries you must support, then evaluate recovery, key rotation, session control and administrative auditability.

For application developers, security engineers and platform teams implementing workforce identity, customer identity or service access.

Lead with the workload

The decision to make

Separate authentication, authorization, identity lifecycle and secrets management in the requirements. A strong tool in one layer may not replace the others.

Available profiles

5 matching tools

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ToolDeploymentSourceAPIPricing model
OpenBaoSelf-hostedOpen sourceAvailableopen source
OrySelf-hostedOpen sourceAvailableopen source
SuperTokensSelf-hostedOpen sourceAvailableopen source
TeleportSelf-hostedOpen sourceAvailableopen source
ZitadelSelf-hostedOpen sourceAvailableopen source
OryIdentity & Access Management

Ory builds open-source identity infrastructure — Kratos (identity/auth), Hydra (OAuth2/OIDC), Keto (permissions), and Oathkeeper (API gateway) — plus Ory Network, a managed cloud service with a free developer tier and paid production plans from $770/year.

Open sourceSelf-hostedAPIopen source
TeleportIdentity & Access Management

Teleport provides identity-based, zero-trust access to servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and web apps, replacing VPNs and static credentials with short-lived, certificate-based access. A free open-source Community Edition and paid Enterprise/cloud plans are available.

Open sourceSelf-hostedAPIopen source