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Tinyauth

Simplest way to protect your apps with a login screen

Reverse Proxy & Gateways ★ 8.4k stars Easy setup GPL-3.0

Tinyauth is a lightweight authentication middleware that adds a login screen in front of any application using forward auth with reverse proxies. It supports OAuth and simple user accounts.

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Key features

  • Simple login screen for apps
  • Forward-auth integration
  • OAuth provider support
  • Tiny footprint

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-3.0 license
  • Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Mature project with 8.4k GitHub stars

Is Tinyauth secure?

No known vulnerabilities affect Tinyauth's latest release (v5.2.0). OSV.dev lists 7 past advisories 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-2026-97736, published 2026-09-25 (19 days ago), fixed in 5.1.3

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

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