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24 alternatives to love-authentication

Effortless JWT authentication for Node.js & Mongoose

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Free OAuth for 250+ APIs

    2024 · nango.dev · its alternatives →

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    Clerk▲280

    Authentication and user management for React and Next.js

    2021 · clerk.com · its alternatives →

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    Nango (https://github.com/NangoHQ/nango) provides pre-built OAuth flows, secure token storage and automatic refreshes for 40+ APIs and counting. Why we built Nango: We built Nango to solve the pain of accessing OAuth APIs. Despite OAuth being a standard protocol in theory, it remains a major burden to implement it, even with the help of a library. You still need to add endpoints and logic to your app for the server-side dance, implement token refreshes, build & secure your token storage, deal with redirects on the frontend etc. But the worst part is that (almost) every…

    2023 · nango.dev · its alternatives →

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    Signal protocol implementation for Node.js. Contribute to ForstaLabs/libsignal-node development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Descope▲355

    Drag-and-drop authentication for your app

    2023 · descope.com · its alternatives →

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    Free OSS auth without 3rd party services, deploy anywhere

    2023 · wasp.sh · its alternatives →

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    Frictionless security: auth & user management with passkeys

    2023 · 1password.com · its alternatives →

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    Add open source login to any Next.js and React single page app (SPA) using free open source.

    2021 · ory.dev · its alternatives →

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    MojoAuth▲263

    Simple & Easy passwordless authentication for website & apps

    2021 · mojoauth.com · its alternatives →

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    The most comprehensive authentication library for TypeScript

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A ReactJS boilerplate including authentication

    2020 · preview-firebase.reactmilkshake.com · its alternatives →

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    Authentiq▲157

    Strong authentication, without the passwords

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    OAuth Solved.

    2014 · guardianjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Shield▲77

    Authentication & payment for any website without code

    2021 · 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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    Authify▲94

    Quick authentication setup for devs

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Authentication module for NestJS

    2025 · nestauth.com · its alternatives →

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    Headless CMS built in Express for PostgresQL using Sequelize

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Node.js Authentication Made Simple

    2015 · passportjs.org · 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

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23ST

    Angular module: https://github.com/lynndylanhurley/ng-token-auth Rails gem: https://github.com/lynndylanhurley/devise_token_auth I've been working hard to make this the most simple, flexible, and secure token auth system in existence. I believe that I'm close to succeeding. I'd love to hear your thoughts on what I can do to improve what I have so far.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    nimbus▲15

    E-Voting on a Private Proof-of-Authority Ethereum blockchain

    Dec 2025 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

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