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Authorizer

Open-source auth solution with a ready-made UI

Identity & SSO ★ 2.1k stars Easy setup Apache-2.0

Authorizer is a self-hosted authentication and authorization service that provides social login, email and OTP login, and roles through a GraphQL API. It ships with prebuilt login pages and SDKs.

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Key features

  • Social and email login
  • GraphQL auth API
  • Prebuilt login UI
  • Role-based access control

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Active community (2.1k GitHub stars)

Is Authorizer secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Authorizer's latest release (2.4.1). OSV.dev lists 1 past advisory for the project; none of them applies to this release. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2026-54072, published 2026-09-11 (33 days ago), fixed in 2.2.1

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Authorizer replaces

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