Clerk Authentication Alternatives

Clerk Authentication is described as 'Clerk is more than a "sign-in box." Integrate complete user management UIs and APIs, purpose-built for React, Next.js, and the Modern Web' and is an app. There are more than 50 alternatives to Clerk Authentication for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, SaaS, Mac and Windows apps. The best Clerk Authentication alternative is VoidAuth, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Clerk Authentication are Keycloak, ZITADEL , Authelia and AuthKit.

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  1. VoidAuth icon
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    Open-source authentication and user management platform offering passkey-based SSO, centralized login, user invitations, self-registration, and email integration for self-hosted deployments. Emphasizes privacy, admin and user ease, local data control, and strong security.

    27 VoidAuth alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
    • VoidAuth is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Clerk Authentication.

    • VoidAuth is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Clerk Authentication.

    • VoidAuth is Free and Open SourceClerk Authentication is Freemium and Proprietary
    • VoidAuth is CustomizableClerk Authentication is not according to our users
  2. Keycloak icon
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    Open Source Identity and Access Management for modern Applications and Services.

    88 Keycloak alternatives

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
     
    • Keycloak is the most popular Linux alternative to Clerk Authentication.

    • Keycloak is Free and Open SourceClerk Authentication is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. ZITADEL  icon
     20 likes

    Secure authentication management for your application. Customize as you grow, with easy APIs and programmable workflows. Focus on growing, your login is in good hands.

    28 ZITADEL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (AGPL-3.0)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • ZITADEL is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to Clerk Authentication.

    • ZITADEL is Freemium and Open SourceClerk Authentication is Freemium and Proprietary
    • ZITADEL is Privacy focusedClerk Authentication is not according to our users
  4. Authelia icon
     13 likes

    Protect your applications with Single Sign-On and 2 Factor. Authelia is an open-source full-featured authentication server available on Github.

    18 Authelia alternatives

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    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker
     
  5. AuthKit icon
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    AuthKit is a Radix-powered open source authentication UI built for effortless customizations. User Management is the backend platform handling email verification, account linking, bot blocking, organization modeling, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Hanko icon
     12 likes

    Hanko is a modern open source Authentication & User Management system – built and hosted in the EU. Alternative to Clerk, Auth0, Stytch, Descope.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  7. Stack Auth icon
     11 likes

    Stack is an open-source, self-hostable, and highly customizable authentication and user management system.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. Kanidm icon
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    Kanidm is an identity management server, acting as an authority on account information, authentication and authorisation within a technical environment.

    Cost / License

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    • Docker
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Better Auth is a framework-agnostic authentication and authorization framework for TypeScript. It provides a comprehensive set of features out of the box and includes a plugin ecosystem that simplifies adding advanced functionalities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Auth0 icon
     17 likes

    You can connect any application (written in any language or on any stack) to Auth0 and define its Connection, the method used to authenticate the users of that application:

    81 Auth0 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  11. Amazon Cognito lets you add user sign-up/sign-in and access control to your web and mobile apps quickly and easily. Cognito scales to millions of users, and supports sign-in with social identity providers such as FB, Google, and Amazon, and SAML 2.0.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Amazon Web Services
     
  12. Pomerium icon
     6 likes

    Pomerium is an identity and context-aware proxy that enables secure access to applications without a client. Pomerium provides a standardized interface to add access control to applications regardless of whether the application itself has authorization or authentication baked-in.

    14 Pomerium alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kubernetes
    • Docker
     
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