# pocket-id/pocket-id

The most user-friendly OpenID Connect Certified™ and OAuth 2.0 provider that lets users sign in to your applications with passkeys.

Repository: https://github.com/pocket-id/pocket-id
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pocket-id
Homepage: https://pocket-id.org
Language: Go
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: idp, oidc, passkeys, self-hosted
Last push: 2026-08-26T22:35:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 86, longevity 53
- inputs: {"age_days": 752, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 122}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9029, forks 304 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:27.958188+00:00)

## What it is
Pocket ID is a self-hosted, OpenID Connect Certified identity provider that lets users sign in to applications using passkeys instead of passwords. It is designed to be a lightweight, simple alternative to complex providers like Keycloak or ORY Hydra for homelab and small-scale SSO use cases.

## Use cases
- add passkey-based single sign-on to my self-hosted apps
- self-host a simple OIDC provider instead of Keycloak
- sign in to homelab services with a Yubikey
- add OAuth2 login to my web application
- centralize authentication for docker services behind a reverse proxy
- issue access tokens with scoped permissions for my API
- protect an MCP server with OIDC authentication

## When to choose
- you want passwordless passkey-only authentication for self-hosted services
- you find Keycloak or ORY Hydra too complex for your needs
- you run a homelab or small deployment needing lightweight SSO
- you want an OpenID Connect Certified provider with minimal resource usage

## When to avoid
- you need password-based or multi-method authentication (it is passkey-only)
- you need enterprise features like complex federation, SAML, or extensive user federation beyond LDAP/SCIM
- your users cannot use passkeys or hardware security keys

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: auth, authorization, http-server, security
- domain: security, self-hosted, web-development, backend
- platform: self-hosted, go
- tags: oidc-provider, oauth2, passkeys, identity-provider, sso, passwordless, webauthn, single-sign-on, docker, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- pocket-id/pocket-id (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:27.958188+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 2026-08-29T17:24:06.086437+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pocket-id/pocket-id (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:27.958188+00:00, sha c3a66efa91d8)
  - homepage: https://pocket-id.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:24:13.979633+00:00, sha 2790511bd575)
  - site_page: https://pocket-id.org/docs/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T08:24:13.989117+00:00, sha 90b25256b1f4)
  - site_page: https://pocket-id.org/docs/client-examples (fetched 2026-08-29T08:24:13.990968+00:00, sha c7c0a09f5f99)
  - site_page: https://pocket-id.org/docs/api (fetched 2026-08-29T08:24:13.992784+00:00, sha 223b8e766a5b)
  - site_page: https://pocket-id.org/docs/guides/apis (fetched 2026-08-29T08:24:13.997378+00:00, sha ffe9bc7d3c54)
  - site_page: https://pocket-id.org/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T08:24:13.994470+00:00, sha b99303e74f2b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.