HelixID
Open-source identity & trust layer for AI agents
HelixID launched on September 10, 2026 with 34 votes, #718 of 8,095 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
What it does
HelixID is an open-source identity layer for AI agents. Most agent-auth tools stop at session-level access i.e. a token that gets an agent through one app, one time. HelixID goes further: every agent gets a W3C Verifiable Credential and DID, so its identity, authority, and actions can be proven across organizations, offline, and after the fact. Enforced with OPA/Rego, composes with your existing OAuth, self-hostable in 5 minutes. Apache 2.0, no vendor lock-in.
The open-source identity layer for autonomous AI. Give every agent a verifiable identity, scoped permissions, and a tamper-evident audit trail — portable across organizations, not locked to a single session.
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