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Traefik vs Authentik

Side-by-side comparison of Traefik and Authentik

FeatureTraefikAuthentik
Quality Score13Emerging13Emerging
GitHub Stars00
MaintenanceUnknownUnknown
Pricingopen-sourcefreemium
Platformslinux, docker, kubernetesdocker, kubernetes
Languagesgopython, typescript
Downloads
Last CommitUnknownUnknown
LicenseMITMIT
Install Difficultymoderatemoderate
Contributors00
Traefik

A modern reverse proxy and load balancer for microservices

Traefik is a cloud-native reverse proxy that automatically discovers services and configures routing. It natively integrates with Docker, Kubernetes, and other orchestrators, provides automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt, and supports middleware for authentication, rate limiting, and more.

Authentik

Open-source identity provider with flows, policies, and SSO

Authentik is a self-hosted identity provider that supports SAML, OAuth2, OIDC, LDAP, and SCIM. It features a visual flow designer for authentication workflows, application proxying, and MFA. A comprehensive alternative to Auth0 and Okta for self-hosters.