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24 alternatives to PhantAuth

Random User Generator + OpenID Connect Provider

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PhantAuth launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Random User Profile▲3

   If all you need is just a Random User Profile

   2019 · randomuserprofile.github.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Run your own OAuth2 and OpenID Connect Provider▲88

   Internet-scale OpenID Certified™ OpenID Connect and OAuth2.1 provider that integrates with your user management through headless APIs. Solve OIDC/OAuth2 user cases over night. Consume as a service on Ory Network or self-host. Trusted by OpenAI and many others for scale and security. Written in Go. -

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Random User Generator▲110

   Like Lorem Ipsum, but for people.

   2014 · randomuser.me · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Run your own OAuth2/OpenID Connect provider▲161

   Internet-scale OpenID Certified™ OpenID Connect and OAuth2.1 provider that integrates with your user management through headless APIs. Solve OIDC/OAuth2 user cases over night. Consume as a service on Ory Network or self-host. Trusted by OpenAI and many others for scale and security. Written in Go. -

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Open-source OAuth2 & OpenID server Ory Hydra v2▲108

   Internet-scale OpenID Certified™ OpenID Connect and OAuth2.1 provider that integrates with your user management through headless APIs. Solve OIDC/OAuth2 user cases over night. Consume as a service on Ory Network or self-host. Trusted by OpenAI and many others for scale and security. Written in Go. -

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Hydra – Open-Source OAuth2 Server▲190

   Ory Hydra is the open-source, OpenID Certified® OAuth 2.0 server and OpenID Connect provider. Cloud-native, API-first, and built for scale.

   2019 · gethydra.sh · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Random Users▲286

   Generate random user profile pictures and names with a click

   2022 · xsgames.co · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Random Users Generator▲89

   Generate random (fake) users for your projects

   2014 · designskilz.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   I made an open-source anonymous email forwarding service▲393

   Create unlimited email aliases for free. Protect your real email from spam by using a different address for each service. Privacy friendly, anonymous replies.

   2019 · anonaddy.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Obligator – An OpenID Connect server for self-hosters▲273

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

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Helix User Persona Generator▲123

    Know your ideal customer without doing 100 interviews

    2024 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Stack, an open-source Clerk/Firebase Auth alternative▲144

    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 →

13. 13
    Open-Source Auth for NextJS / React▲107

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

    2021 · ory.dev · its alternatives →

14. 14
    NoPass.me▲129

    Open-source identity verification

    2021 · nopass.me · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Open-source OAuth service for 40+ APIs▲206

    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 →

16. 16OI
    OAuth.io released with 70+ providers▲66

    2013 · oauth.io · its alternatives →

17. 17
    DAuth▲142

    Authentication for the decentralized web in 60 seconds

    2018 · dauth.co · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Easyoauth▲73

    Securely connect your front-end web app to APIs, in minutes

    2021 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Sonyflake – distributed unique ID generator implemented in Rust▲66

    🃏 A distributed unique ID generator inspired by Twitter's Snowflake. - bahlo/sonyflake-rs

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Permify – Open-source authorization service based on Google Zanzibar▲122

    An open-source authorization as a service inspired by Google Zanzibar, designed to build and manage fine-grained and scalable authorization systems for any application. — Permify is now part of FusionAuth 🎉 - Permify/permify

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    A faster way to prototype your APIs using OpenAPI 3 and Swagger UI▲77

    A generator for OpenAPI 3. Contribute to egorsmkv/openapi3-generator development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Cred▲97

    OAuth credential delegation for AI agents

    Apr 2026 · cred.ninja · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Authsignal▲125

    Passwordless auth, fraud analytics and step-up rules in mins

    2022 · authsignal.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Random Generator▲72

    Simple and easy to use ad-free number generator

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →