freeipa/freeipa
Mirror of FreeIPA, an integrated security information management solution observed · 2026-09-03
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5223
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 0
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1274 stars · 391 forks observed · 2026-09-03
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
FreeIPA is an integrated security information management solution providing centralized identity, authentication, and access control for Linux/UNIX environments. It combines 389 Directory Server (LDAP), MIT Kerberos, Dogtag Certificate Authority, BIND DNS, and Samba for Active Directory integration, managed via CLI and Web UI.
Use cases
- manage linux user identities centrally across all machines
- set up kerberos single sign-on for my network
- integrate linux servers with active directory
- run my own certificate authority for internal services
- centralize sudo rules and ssh key management
- manage dns records for my domain from ldap
- replace active directory with an open source identity provider
- delegate limited admin rights to helpdesk users
When to choose
- you need centralized identity and authentication for a fleet of Linux/UNIX hosts
- you want an open-source alternative to Active Directory with AD trust support
- you need integrated LDAP, Kerberos, PKI, and DNS in one deployable server
- you want single sign-on and centralized sudo/SSH key/access control policies
When to avoid
- you only manage a handful of machines where local accounts suffice
- your environment is primarily Windows-only without Linux/UNIX hosts
- you need a lightweight directory service without Kerberos/PKI/DNS integration
- you cannot operate heavyweight server infrastructure with multi-master replication
Facets
application · maturity stable
auth authorization security secrets-management developer-tools cli configuration-management security self-hosted networking operating-systems infrastructure-as-code python self-hosted cli identity-management kerberos ldap certificate-authority active-directory dns single-sign-on access-control sudo otp idm devops linux web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa · fetched 2026-09-03 · ad9c078ea9a1
- homepage: http://www.freeipa.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · b130ba15930e
- site_page: https://www.freeipa.org/About.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2e499f4d5648
- site_page: https://www.freeipa.org/page/Documentation.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 6d7f5f2c3c91
- site_page: https://www.freeipa.org/page/About · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2e499f4d5648
- site_page: https://www.freeipa.org/page/Contribute · fetched 2026-08-29 · e20a07503cbe
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| freeipa/freeipa | main | 77 |
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