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GLAuth 2.0 is a lightweight authentication system designed for users who need secure access management without complex infrastructure. It serves developers and system administrators managing multiple services. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. GLAuth 2.0 out, only a year late launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    A 2FA device to protect yourself from hackers

    2018 · store.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source Auth0/Clerk alternative

    2024 · hexclave.com · its alternatives →

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    Gazepass▲313

    Passwordless login API for web and mobile apps

    2020 · gazepass.com · its alternatives →

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    Easiest way to add passwordless login to your apps & website

    2022 · mojoauth.com · its alternatives →

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    Save your passwords and log in to sites with a single click

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! Happy to finally launch Stack. We made it because we like to put apps into production quickly, and authentication & user management was taking up way too much time. We have components like and that automatically adapt to whatever theme & design system you're using. Check the blog post to see the example with Radix UI and Joy UI. Also, there's an admin dashboard for monitoring and editing accounts. Stack is 100% AGPL/MIT-licensed, so you can self-host it. Cheers!

    2024 · stack-auth.com · its alternatives →

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    :octocat: Better GitHub profiles. Contribute to ghuser-io/ghuser.io development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Take the initiative to protect privacy in your own hands

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I’m Rishabh and the co-founder and CTO at https://supertokens.com (YC S20). We offer open-source user authentication and we just released our user roles product for companies implementing authorization. Our users are web developers, and a prominent and adjacent pain point for our users is authorization. Developers typically implement two independent solutions for authentication and authorization. Offering AuthN and AuthZ in a single solution is something we’ve been thinking about for the last few years. Quick primer, authentication is knowing who the user is, and authorization is…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Frictionless security: auth & user management with passkeys

    2023 · 1password.com · its alternatives →

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    SSH-based "VPN for poors". Contribute to ivanilves/xiringuito development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    gliph▲24

    Mask your sensitive Data!

    2024 · linkedin.com · its alternatives →

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    Gpass▲154

    The password manager built just for Google users

    2016 · gpass.io · its alternatives →

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    A SDK for access control policies: authorization for the microservice and IoT age. Inspired by AWS IAM policies. Written for Go. - ory/ladon

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Online account protection with multi-factor authentication

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    2FAS▲69

    The fastest-growing, private, and secure 2FA app

    2022 · 2fas.com · its alternatives →

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    Simple, auditable & elegant VPN, built with TLS mutual authentication and TUN. - twitchyliquid64/subnet

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Manage secrets in your terminal with biometric unlock.

    2022 · 1password.dev · its alternatives →

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    2024 · better-auth.com · its alternatives →

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    Headless cloud-native authentication and identity management written in Go. Scales to a billion+ users. Replace Homegrown, Auth0, Okta, Firebase with better UX and DX. Passkeys, Social Sign In, OIDC, Magic Link, Multi-Factor Auth, SMS, SAML, TOTP, and more. Runs everywhere, runs best on Ory Network.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Develop faster, eliminate complexity, protect your secrets

    2022 · 1password.com · its alternatives →

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    Authify▲94

    Quick authentication setup for devs

    2024 · its alternatives →

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