# coreos/go-oidc

A Go OpenID Connect client.

Repository: https://github.com/coreos/go-oidc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/go-oidc
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: golang
Last push: 2026-07-08T18:25:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 91, release rhythm 80, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4083, "days_push": 56, "days_rel": 56, "gap_med": 48.5, "n_releases_24m": 13}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2473, forks 434 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:54.758594+00:00)

## What it is
go-oidc is a mature Go client library for OpenID Connect, built on top of golang.org/x/oauth2. It enables verifying ID tokens and identifying users or workloads across many identity providers such as Google, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Auth0, and Kubernetes.

## Use cases
- add OpenID Connect login to a Go web app
- verify JWT ID tokens from an identity provider
- authenticate users via Google, Apple, or Microsoft sign-in
- validate workload identity tokens from GitHub Actions or Kubernetes
- integrate enterprise SSO with Okta or Auth0 in Go
- perform OIDC discovery from an issuer URL

## When to choose
- you are building a Go application that needs OIDC authentication or token verification
- you need to support many identity providers with a provider-agnostic API
- you want a widely adopted, battle-tested OIDC client (1000+ importers)

## When to avoid
- you need a full identity provider or authorization server rather than a client
- you are not using Go
- you need OAuth2-only flows without OpenID Connect features

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: auth, security, sdk
- domain: security, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: go, windows, cross-platform
- tags: openid-connect, oauth2, jwt, identity-provider, sso, authentication, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- coreos/go-oidc (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:54.758594+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 2026-08-30T02:28:31.894951+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/coreos/go-oidc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:54.758594+00:00, sha e2143464206a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.