# glauth/glauth

A lightweight LDAP server for development, home use, or CI

Repository: https://github.com/glauth/glauth
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/glauth
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang, go, ldap, ldap-server, developer-tools, security
Last push: 2026-07-25T21:17:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3053, "days_push": 39, "days_rel": 39, "gap_med": 90, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2842, forks 240 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:24.819885+00:00)

## What it is
GLAuth is a lightweight, secure LDAP authentication server written in Go with configurable backends. It serves as a simple alternative to OpenLDAP or Active Directory for development, homelab, and CI environments.

## Use cases
- run a lightweight ldap server for development
- centralize linux account and ssh key management
- replace openldap in a homelab
- provide ldap authentication for jenkins or nginx
- test ldap integrations in ci
- store a user directory in a file, sql database, or s3
- proxy ldap requests to an existing directory server

## When to choose
- you need a simple, easy-to-configure LDAP server for dev, homelab, or CI
- you want to centralize accounts and SSH keys across servers without running OpenLDAP or Active Directory
- you need pluggable backends like file, SQL, S3, or LDAP proxying
- you want transparent two-factor authentication for LDAP clients

## When to avoid
- you need a full-featured enterprise directory with replication and group policies
- you require production-grade Active Directory compatibility
- you need a highly scalable directory service for large organizations

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: auth, http-server, security, configuration-management
- domain: security, developer-tools, self-hosted, backend
- platform: windows, go, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: ldap-server, ldap, authentication, homelab, user-directory, openldap-alternative, active-directory-alternative, ssh-keys, two-factor-authentication, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- glauth/glauth (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.819885+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 2026-08-30T07:37:14.026319+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/glauth/glauth (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:24.819885+00:00, sha 53b46a5f1eee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.