Keycloak
Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services observed · 2026-10-19
Health v2 · maintenance only
100/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 99
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 13
- age_days: 4858
- days_rel: 7
- days_push: 2
- n_releases_24m: 52
Adoption not part of the score
37423 stars · 9076 forks observed · 2026-10-19
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-09-28, confidence 0.98
Keycloak is an open source identity and access management server that provides authentication, authorization, and user federation for modern applications. It supports OpenID Connect, SAML, and social login, offering a centralized admin console and account management UI.
Use cases
- Add single sign‑on (SSO) to web and mobile applications
- Secure APIs and microservices with OAuth2 / OpenID Connect
- Integrate existing LDAP or Active Directory user stores
- Enable social login (Google, Facebook, etc.) without code changes
- Implement fine‑grained authorization policies for resources
- Provide a centralized login and account management portal
When to choose
- You need a full‑featured, standards‑compliant IAM solution that can be self‑hosted.
- Your environment includes multiple applications or services that should share authentication state.
- You require support for both OpenID Connect and SAML protocols.
- You want built‑in user federation with LDAP/AD and social identity providers.
When to avoid
- You prefer a lightweight library embedded directly in each application rather than a separate server.
- You need a fully managed SaaS identity provider with zero operational overhead.
- Your deployment constraints prohibit running a Java‑based server or container.
Facets
application · maturity active
auth authorization security web-development windows cloud self-hosted sso oidc saml identity-provider user-federation admin-console linux macos docker kubernetes
4 sources
- readme: https://github.com/keycloak/keycloak · fetched 2026-10-19 · 254419db0bb2
- homepage: https://www.keycloak.org · fetched 2026-09-14 · 06dea75c8c7c
- site_page: https://www.keycloak.org/documentation · fetched 2026-09-14 · e60bdbac3406
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/keycloak-js · fetched 2026-09-14 · 86b323f21e32
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| keycloak/keycloak | main | 100 |
| keycloak/keycloak-quickstarts | examples | 77 |
| keycloak/keycloak-containers | infra | 10 |
| keycloak/keycloak-nodejs-connect | plugin | 69 |
| keycloak/keycloak-nodejs-admin-client | sdk | 10 |
| keycloak/keycloak-documentation | docs | 10 |
| keycloak/keycloak-operator | infra | 10 |
| keycloak/keycloak-benchmark | examples | 86 |
| keycloak/keycloak-web | docs | 68 |
| keycloak/keycloak-js | sdk | 75 |
| keycloak/keycloak-client | sdk | 69 |
For agents
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