Open-source Auth0 alternative Ory Kratos v0.13 released – nearing v1.0
Headless cloud-native authentication and identity management written in Go. Scales to a billion+ users. Replace Homegrown, Auth0, Okta, Firebase with better UX and DX. Passkeys, Social Sign In, OIDC, Magic Link, Multi-Factor Auth, SMS, SAML, TOTP, and more. Runs everywhere, runs best on Ory Network.
Open-source Auth0 alternative Ory Kratos v0.13 released – nearing v1.0 launched on April 19, 2023 with 88 votes, #715 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.
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Ory Kratos is an open-source identity and user management system designed as an alternative to Auth0. It handles user authentication, account recovery, and profile management for developers building applications that need user login functionality. The v0.13 release represents progress toward version 1.0 stability. Developers can access and deploy it through GitHub, making it suitable for teams seeking self-hosted or customizable authentication solutions without vendor lock-in.
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Headless cloud-native authentication and identity management written in Go. Scales to a billion+ users. Replace Homegrown, Auth0, Okta, Firebase with better UX and DX. Passkeys, Social Sign In, OIDC, Magic Link, Multi-Factor Auth, SMS, SAML, TOTP, and more. Runs everywhere, runs best on Ory Network. - Release v0.13.0 · ory/kratos
We’re excited to announce the release of Ory Kratos v0.13.0! This update brings many enhancements and fixes, improving the user experience and overall performance. In general, Ory Kratos is reaching complete API stability and we're adding some missing features next, paving the road to v1.0. Ory Kratos serves over 500M users monthly in various companies, and is the backbone of the Ory Network (the best, cheapest, easiest way to run Ory). We hope you enjoy these new features and improvements in Ory Kratos v0.13.0! All features are already live on the Ory Network - the simplest, fastest and most scalable way to run Ory. Please note that the v0.12.0 release was skipped due to CI issues. Head…from github.com
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