Traefik Forward Auth
Minimal forward authentication service for Traefik
Traefik Forward Auth is an open-source, minimal forward authentication service that adds Google and generic OIDC login to applications behind the Traefik reverse proxy. It is self-hosted as lightweight access middleware.
Key features
- Forward auth for Traefik
- OIDC and OAuth support
- Lightweight
- Domain whitelisting
Strengths
- Released under the MIT license
- Easy to set up — beginner-friendly
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (2.4k GitHub stars)
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