Casdoor vs ZITADEL
A side-by-side comparison of two self-hosted identity & sso options
— licensing, setup difficulty, resource needs, and what each one
replaces.
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Compare Casdoor with
choose an app… Keycloak Authelia authentik Casbin Ory Hydra SuperTokens Logto Ory Kratos Open Policy Agent Apereo CAS Dex Hanko Pocket ID step-ca SpiceDB LLDAP Permify OpenFGA Ory Keto Kanidm Cerbos 2FAuth Boundary node-oidc-provider Ory Oathkeeper Vouch Proxy Buzzfeed sso GLAuth Keywhiz FreeRADIUS Supabase Auth Traefik Forward Auth SAML Jackson Caddy Security Authorizer Authgear privacyIDEA Topaz Warrant Rauthy FreeIPA SimpleSAMLphp Samba Active Directory DC Zentral WSO2 Identity Server Janssen Project midPoint LDAP Account Manager OpenLDAP Apache Syncope Univention Corporate Server FusionAuth Shibboleth Identity Provider OpenUnison ZITADEL Login UI LemonLDAP::NG Ipsilon Gluu Flex Hello Identity Coop
Compare ZITADEL with
choose an app… Keycloak Authelia authentik Casbin Ory Hydra SuperTokens Logto Ory Kratos Open Policy Agent Apereo CAS Dex Hanko Pocket ID step-ca SpiceDB LLDAP Permify OpenFGA Ory Keto Kanidm Cerbos 2FAuth Boundary node-oidc-provider Ory Oathkeeper Vouch Proxy Buzzfeed sso GLAuth Keywhiz FreeRADIUS Supabase Auth Traefik Forward Auth SAML Jackson Caddy Security Authorizer Authgear privacyIDEA Topaz Warrant Rauthy FreeIPA SimpleSAMLphp Samba Active Directory DC Zentral WSO2 Identity Server Janssen Project midPoint LDAP Account Manager OpenLDAP Apache Syncope Univention Corporate Server FusionAuth Shibboleth Identity Provider OpenUnison ZITADEL Login UI LemonLDAP::NG Ipsilon Gluu Flex Hello Identity Coop
Feature Casdoor ZITADEL Category Identity & SSO Identity & SSO License Apache-2.0 Apache-2.0 Language Go Go Setup difficulty Medium Medium Min. RAM 256 MB 512 MB Deployment docker, kubernetes, binary docker, kubernetes, binary GitHub stars ★ 14,139 ★ 14,671 First released 2021 2020 Replaces Auth0, Okta Auth0, Okta, Firebase Auth
Why pick each one
Choose Casdoor if… Polished out-of-the-box UI Broad protocol support Casdoor details Choose ZITADEL if… Strong multi-tenant model Modern Go codebase ZITADEL details
Frequently asked questions Is Casdoor or ZITADEL better? Neither is universally better. ZITADEL has the larger community; both share a medium setup difficulty, so the decision comes down to features and licensing.
Are Casdoor and ZITADEL free and open-source? Yes. Casdoor is licensed under Apache-2.0 and ZITADEL under Apache-2.0. Both can be self-hosted at no software cost.
Can I run Casdoor and ZITADEL with Docker? Casdoor: yes. ZITADEL: yes.