Authelia
Authelia is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Identity & SSO category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Go. It is a self-hosted alternative to Auth0 and Okta and ships a Docker image. It has 29,412 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 25, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 29,412
- Forks
- 1,530
- Open issues
- 58
- Commits, last 12 months
- 2,537
- Last commit
- Oct 25, 2026
- Latest release
- v4.39.28Sep 17, 2026
- Created
- Dec 7, 2016
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 25, 2026, 2,537 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases10 or more releases in 12 months
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 25, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 2,537 |
| Latest release | v4.39.28 (Sep 17, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 10 or more |
| Releases, all time | 174 |
| Open issues | 58 |
| Open pull requests | 81 |
| Good first issues | 1 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Dec 7, 2016 |
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About Authelia
Single sign-on and two-factor authentication portal for protecting web apps behind a reverse proxy.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/authelia/authelia.
Topics
- totp
- ldap
- sso-authentication
- two-factor-authentication
- docker
- kubernetes
- sso
- multifactor
- push-notifications
- mfa
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Is Authelia free and open source?
Yes. Authelia is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Authelia with Docker?
Yes. Authelia provides a Docker image, so you can run it on any Linux server with Docker and Docker Compose installed. The project README lists the image name and the environment variables to set.
What are the best alternatives to Authelia?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Authelia include Keycloak, authentik and ZITADEL. Authelia itself is a self-hosted alternative to Auth0 and Okta.
Is Authelia actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Authelia was on Oct 25, 2026 with 2,537 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v4.39.28, published Sep 17, 2026. It had 58 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.