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24 alternatives to Lldap, a Simplified LDAP Server

Hi everyone! For the past year I've been working on a simple LDAP server for user management, targeted at self-hosted servers. The idea is that OpenLDAP is a pain to install, configure and manage, and on top of that you need a frontend if you want a web UI. LDAP instead provides a minimalistic LDAP server that supports the subset of LDAP needed for user management and authentication, with almost no configuration required, and a nice UI/API in front of it. We just released version 0.4 (and 0.3 actually) and it should now be stable enough to use it yourself! We've had some people using it…

Lldap is a simplified LDAP server designed for self-hosted user management and authentication. It streamlines the complexity of traditional LDAP setups like OpenLDAP by offering minimal configuration requirements and… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lldap, a Simplified LDAP Server launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Simple and opinionated OpenID Connect server designed for self-hosters - lastlogin-net/obligator

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Operational Visibility for OpenLDAP Docker

    Jun 2026 · vibhuvioio.com · its alternatives →

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    Author here. I just wanted a quick and easy way to easily submit strings to a REST API and get back the embedding vectors in JSON using Llama2 and other similar LLMs, so I put this together over the past couple days. It's very quick and easy to set up and totally self-contained and self-hosted. You can easily add new models to it by simply adding the HuggingFace URL to the GGML format model weights. Two models are included by default, and these are automatically downloaded the first time it's run. It lets you not only submit text strings and get back the embeddings, but also to compare two…

    2023 · github.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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    Hi HN – I built an open-source, self-hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for WhatsApp: https://github.com/lharries/whatsapp-mcp It connects to your personal WhatsApp account via the WhatsApp Web multi-device API (using whatsmeow from the Beeper team), and doesn't rely on third-party APIs. All messages are stored locally in SQLite. Nothing is sent to the cloud unless you explicitly allow your LLM to access the data via tools – so you maintain full control and privacy. The MCP server can: - Search your messages, contacts, and groups - Send WhatsApp messages to…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    My goal was to create a DNS server as simple as the LDAP server I've been contributing to (glauth) and here it is: https://github.com/fusion/kittendns A few things to know about it: - It is easy to configure using a Toml file - I am using it to bail my coredns/etcd instances when under attack - (yes, it also works as a service location server) - It comes with a simple, plain English, rule engine that doesn't do much at this point - It can be used with LetsEncrypt. I use it to retrieve certificates for my home servers. - RFC: all the nice ones :) Anyway, feedback is…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    We're excited to announce Lowdefy V4, a full-stack web framework built on top of Next.js that simplifies building web applications, internal tools, admin panels, BI dashboards, and CRUD apps using YAML or JSON configuration files. New in V4: Next.js: Lowdefy now runs on top of the Next.js framework. All of Auth.js: App auth is now handled by Auth.js supported providers, adapters and callbacks and events, easy to configure, but all of which can be customized. Plugin extensibility: Apps can now be extended with any npm or pnpm workspace plugins. Our story: We have developed a simple…

    2021 · lowdefy.com · its alternatives →

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    Mailcheap▲123

    Email hosting, dedicated email servers, API-first platform

    2018 · mailcheap.co · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, my name is Philip, I’m the co-founder of Glasskube and one of the creators of HyprMCP. This project started when we did what everyone was doing — building a remote MCP server and launching it. Building the first local MCP server for testing was quite simple, and we had our first tools ready within a day. The next step was turning that into a production-ready remote MCP server. As we exposed the MCP server to our users, we wanted to authenticate them with our existing authentication methods. We dove deep into authentication. Our approach was to build an auth proxy and plug it in front…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Have a look at the website with an example map, https://www.serverlessmaps.com/, or read the accompanying blog post https://tobilg.com/serverless-maps-for-fun-and-profit

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi! After learning about MCP, I'm really excited about the future of provider-agnostic, re-usable tooling. Unfortunately I've found that while it's easy to implement an MCP server for use with tools that support it (such as Claude Desktop), it's not as easy to implement your own support (such as integrating an MCP server into your own LLM application). We implemented a thin MCP wrapper that easily integrates with Mirascope calls so that you can hook up an MCP server and client super easily to any supported LLM provider. Excited to see what people build with this!

    2025 · mirascope.com · its alternatives →

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    Share what your team needs - No App, No logins, No Friction

    Jun 2026 · hostapost.com · its alternatives →

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    An admin-friendly, User Management Server (with Passkeys & JWTs) - for seamless and secure integration of user authentication - authcompanion/authcompanion2

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LDAP Watchdog: A real-time linux-compatible LDAP monitoring tool for detecting directory changes, providing visibility into additions, modifications, and deletions for administrators and security researchers. - MegaManSec/LDAP-Monitoring-Watchdog

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18OM

    Deploy open-source apps on a dedicated server. Pick an app, a region, and a plan. Pay by the hour, capped monthly.

    6d ago · onedeploy.co · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, we’re launching OpenMemory (https://github.com/mem0ai/mem0/tree/main/openmemory), an open source tool that lets you run a personal, portable memory layer for LLMs. Fully self-hosted and under your control. It uses standard MCP protocol and plugs into any MCP client (like Cursor, Windsurf, Claude, etc.) over Server-Sent Events (SSE). https://mem0.ai/blog/how-to-make-your-clients-more-context-a... is a complete tutorial that shows how to set it up locally, the underlying components involved, complete overview of architecture and…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, We’re building Mist, a lightweight, self-hosted PaaS for running and managing applications on your own servers. We started Mist because we wanted a middle ground between raw VPS management and heavy, all-in-one platforms. Existing PaaS solutions often felt too complex or resource-intensive for small servers, homelabs, and side projects. We wanted something that keeps the PaaS experience but stays simple and predictable. Our goals with Mist are: - A simple PaaS to deploy and manage apps on your own infrastructure - HTTPS, routing, and app access handled automatically - Low resource…

    Jan 2026 · trymist.cloud · its alternatives →

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    Access predefined IMAP mailboxes with a browser using one time passwords or a YubiKey - dividuum/one-time-mail

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Built this after getting frustrated with the paying to a google for email. Now running it for 1 months in production. What it does: - Full SMTP server (inbound/outbound, DKIM signing, SPF/DMARC checking) - IMAP with IDLE support - CalDAV/CardDAV (replace Google Calendar/Contacts) - Web admin panel with Prometheus metrics - Greylisting for spam prevention - Auto-discovery (mail clients configure themselves) - Audit logging for compliance What it doesn't do: - Webmail (use Roundcube, etc.) - ML-based spam filtering (greylisting + basic heuristics only) - Clustering/HA

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    One MCP▲13

    Hey HN, I’ve been experimenting with how LLMs can dynamically use large sets of tools without needing to preload them all into context - and built one-mcp to explore that idea. one-mcp is an open source MCP server built with FastAPI that acts as a semantic index + dynamic loader for API tools. Instead of hardcoding or embedding every tool spec in an LLM session (which quickly blows up context size and costs), one-mcp lets the model search, load, and execute tools on demand — using embeddings and natural language queries. What it does: - Semantic Search for Tools: Query your API catalog with…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey folks! I just launched https://mcphost.link/ a web-based MCP host that lets you connect to multiple remote MCP servers and interact with them through a simple chat interface. Key Features Multi-server support: connect to several MCP servers at once OAuth 2.0 & Bearer Token auth (with PKCE) Persistent sessions: servers + credentials saved locally Full MCP features: tools, resources, prompts LLM support: bring your own inference backend The goal is to make exploring and working with the Model Context Protocol much more approachable. Happy to answer questions, take feedback,…

    Dec 2025 · mcphost.link · its alternatives →

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