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Dev tools · April 25, 2023

Hanko Cloud (Beta)

Authentication and user management for the passkey era

Hanko Cloud (Beta) launched on April 25, 2023 with 135 votes, #299 of 4,853 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

What it does

Hanko Cloud is the hosted/SaaS variant of Hanko, the open-source authentication and user management solution for the passkey era. It can be integrated within minutes for web and mobile apps. Hanko Cloud is now available in public beta.

Open source, privacy-first, and built to scale. Hanko is the fastest way you integrate passkeys, 2FA, SSO, and more, with full control over your data. Move between self-hosted and Hanko Cloud anytime. No lock-in. Just auth how it should be: secure, fast, user friendly, and fully yours.

Hanko is developed by a Germany-based company and can be used with EU hosting or self-hosted infrastructure. For teams in Europe, this means more control over user data, authentication infrastructure, and long-term vendor dependency. For teams outside Europe, it simply means open source authentication with strong privacy and security defaults. Building a new app from scratch? Cross "Auth" off your list by using a Hanko starterfrom hanko.io

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