mozilla/persona
Persona is a secure, distributed, and easy to use identification system. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived no_license
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: 5628
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2749
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1839 stars · 262 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Mozilla Persona is a secure, distributed identification system based on the BrowserID protocol, providing login services including a fallback identity provider and a cryptographic verification service. It was Mozilla's decentralized web authentication system, written primarily in Node.js.
Use cases
- add passwordless login to a website
- verify user identity assertions cryptographically
- implement BrowserID protocol authentication
- self-host a fallback identity provider
- replace password-based sign-in with email-based identity
When to choose
- studying the BrowserID protocol or historical decentralized identity designs
- maintaining a legacy site that still integrates Persona
When to avoid
- starting any new project - the service was shut down by Mozilla and is no longer operational
- needing a supported production authentication system
- expecting active maintenance or security updates
Facets
service · maturity abandoned
auth http-server cryptography security security web-development developer-tools cross-platform browserid identity single-sign-on deprecated mozilla nodejs web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mozilla/persona · fetched 2026-08-28 · b91ab232fe21
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla/persona | main | 10 |
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