# freeipa/freeipa

Mirror of FreeIPA, an integrated security information management solution

Repository: https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/freeipa
Homepage: http://www.freeipa.org
Language: Python
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: freeipa, python, linux, certificates, certificate-authority, identity, identity-management, user-management, active-directory-integration, kerberos, secret-management, idm, ldap, dns, sudo, policy, access-control, otp
Last push: 2026-09-02T05:15:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 100, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5223, "days_push": 0, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1274, forks 391 (observed 2026-09-03T02:15:12.136342+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: auth, authorization, security, secrets-management, developer-tools, cli, configuration-management
- domain: security, self-hosted, networking, operating-systems, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: python, self-hosted, cli
- tags: identity-management, kerberos, ldap, certificate-authority, active-directory, dns, single-sign-on, access-control, sudo, otp, idm, devops, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- freeipa/freeipa (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:12.136342+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T05:04:23.489963+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/freeipa/freeipa (fetched 2026-09-03T02:15:12.136342+00:00, sha ad9c078ea9a1)
  - homepage: http://www.freeipa.org (fetched 2026-08-29T12:17:11.954099+00:00, sha b130ba15930e)
  - site_page: https://www.freeipa.org/About.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:17:11.963480+00:00, sha 2e499f4d5648)
  - site_page: https://www.freeipa.org/page/Documentation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:17:11.965817+00:00, sha 6d7f5f2c3c91)
  - site_page: https://www.freeipa.org/page/About (fetched 2026-08-29T12:17:11.967938+00:00, sha 2e499f4d5648)
  - site_page: https://www.freeipa.org/page/Contribute (fetched 2026-08-29T12:17:11.969573+00:00, sha e20a07503cbe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.