Ory Hydra
Identity & SSOCertified OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect server
Replaces Okta, Auth0
Self-hosted apps by ory
5 self-hosted projects maintained by ory on GitHub — combined community: 42,815 GitHub stars.
Portfolio at a glance
Everything ory ships here sits in one category, identity & sso, so these projects are best read as alternatives or companions to each other. Ory Hydra is the flagship at 17,607 stars — Certified OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect server. 4 of 5 are written primarily in Go. The oldest dates from 2015 and the newest from 2022. 5 publish a Docker deployment path.
| Projects | 5 |
|---|---|
| Combined stars | 42,815 |
| Hosted on | GitHub |
| Languages | Go (4), TypeScript (1) |
| Licenses | Apache-2.0 (5) |
| Setup difficulty | Medium (3), Hard (2) |
| Min. RAM range | 256–512 MB |
| First releases | 2015–2022 |
Categories covered
All apps from ory
Ory Kratos
Identity & SSOHeadless identity and user management API server
Replaces Auth0, Firebase Auth
Ory Keto
Identity & SSOPermission and authorization server based on Zanzibar
Replaces Auth0 FGA, OpenFGA
Ory Oathkeeper
Identity & SSOIdentity and access proxy for zero-trust networks
Replaces Cloudflare Access
SAML Jackson
Identity & SSOSAML and OIDC SSO service bridging enterprise providers
Replaces Auth0, WorkOS