Dex
Dex is an open-source, self-hosted app in the Identity & SSO category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Go. It ships a Docker image. It has 11,213 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Oct 26, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 11,213
- Forks
- 2,012
- Open issues
- 354
- Commits, last 12 months
- 614
- Last commit
- Oct 26, 2026
- Latest release
- v2.46.1Oct 21, 2026
- Created
- Aug 17, 2015
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
ActiveActive: last commit Oct 26, 2026, 614 commits in 12 months.
- Regular releases4 releases in 12 months
- Welcomes contributors26 open good-first-issue or help-wanted issues and a contributing guide
- Security policyPublishes a security policy on GitHub
| Last commit | Oct 26, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 614 |
| Latest release | v2.46.1 (Oct 21, 2026) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 4 |
| Releases, all time | 96 |
| Open issues | 354 |
| Open pull requests | 202 |
| Good first issues | 4 |
| Contributing guide | Yes |
| Security policy | Yes |
| Created | Aug 17, 2015 |
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About Dex
Federated OpenID Connect provider that connects to LDAP, SAML and OAuth upstream identities.
Description written by appsgit. Source code: github.com/dexidp/dex.
Topics
- oidc
- kubernetes
- idp
- identity-provider
- hacktoberfest
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Is Dex free and open source?
Yes. Dex 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 Dex with Docker?
Yes. Dex 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 Dex?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Dex include Keycloak, Authelia and authentik.
Is Dex actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Dex was on Oct 26, 2026 with 614 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v2.46.1, published Oct 21, 2026. It had 354 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Active" as of Oct 26, 2026.