Ory Kratos: Open-Source Cloud-Native Identity Management System Written in Go
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Summary
Ory Kratos is an open-source, API-first identity and user management system designed for cloud-native applications. Written in Go, it provides headless authentication and identity management that can scale to billions of users. The system centralizes core identity workflows including login, registration, recovery, verification, and profile management, allowing developers to replace homegrown solutions or commercial services like Auth0, Okta, and Firebase. It supports modern authentication methods including passkeys, social sign-in, OIDC, magic links, multi-factor authentication, SMS, SAML, and TOTP, with a focus on better developer and user experience.
Key quotes
· 5 pulledOry Kratos is an API first identity and user management system for cloud native applications.
It centralizes login, registration, recovery, verification, and profile management flows so your services consume them instead of reimplementing them.
Scales to a billion+ users. Replace Homegrown, Auth0, Okta, Firebase with better UX and DX.
Headless cloud-native authentication and identity management written in Go.
Passkeys, Social Sign In, OIDC, Magic Link, Multi-Factor Auth, SMS, SAML, TOTP, and more.
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