Hanko
Passkey-first authentication for modern applications
Hanko is an open-source authentication solution built around passkeys and passwordless login. It can be self-hosted to provide modern, phishing-resistant authentication to web and mobile applications.
Key features
- Passkey-first login
- Passwordless flows
- Embeddable web component
- Self-hosted API
Strengths
- Released under the AGPL-3.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Mature project with 9k GitHub stars
- Written in Go
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- Hanko vs Janssen Project
- Hanko vs FusionAuth
- Hanko vs Hello Identity Coop
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