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Traefik Forward Auth

Minimal forward authentication service for Traefik

Identity & SSO ★ 2.4k stars Easy setup MIT

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.

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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)

Is Traefik Forward Auth secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Traefik Forward Auth's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

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

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