# ory/polis

Streamline your web application's authentication with Polis, an SSO service supporting SAML and OpenID Connect protocols. Beyond enterprise-grade Single Sign-On, it also supports Directory Sync via the SCIM 2.0 protocol for automatic user and group provisioning/de-provisioning.

Repository: https://github.com/ory/polis
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/polis
Homepage: https://www.ory.com/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=polis
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: enterprise-software, saml, saml2, saml-service-provider, saml-authentication, sso, sso-authentication, oidc, openid, openid-connect, javascript, typescript, nodejs, open-source, single-sign-on, saml-identity-provider, identity-access-management, next-auth, nextjs, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-07-27T21:17:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 89/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1845, "days_push": 37, "days_rel": 166, "gap_med": 3, "n_releases_24m": 48}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2261, forks 229 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:31.814360+00:00)

## What it is
Ory Polis (formerly BoxyHQ Jackson) is an open-source Enterprise SSO service that bridges SAML and OpenID Connect login flows to OAuth 2.0/OIDC, abstracting SAML complexity. It also supports Directory Sync via SCIM 2.0 for automatic user and group provisioning and de-provisioning.

## Use cases
- add SAML single sign-on to my web app
- bridge SAML identity providers to OAuth2 or OIDC
- automatically provision and de-provision users with SCIM directory sync
- support enterprise SSO for B2B customers
- add OpenID Connect login to my application
- self-host an SSO service for multi-tenant SaaS

## When to choose
- you need enterprise SSO (SAML/OIDC) in a SaaS product without implementing SAML yourself
- you want SCIM 2.0 directory sync for automated user lifecycle management
- you prefer self-hosting an open-source identity broker under Apache-2.0

## When to avoid
- you only need simple social login or email/password auth
- you want a fully managed IAM suite with login UI, MFA, and permissions out of the box
- your stack cannot run Node.js services

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: auth, http-server, api-framework
- domain: security, backend, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: sso, saml, openid-connect, scim, directory-sync, identity-access-management, enterprise-sso, oauth2-proxy, nodejs, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- ory/polis (main) score 89

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:31.814360+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 2026-08-30T02:42:33.746032+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ory/polis (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:31.814360+00:00, sha 3dd10e56890e)
  - homepage: https://www.ory.com/?utm_source=github&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=polis (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:35.981289+00:00, sha 9cd75b156cd4)
  - site_page: https://www.ory.com/docs/welcome (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:35.993122+00:00, sha e6f2747eb4d2)
  - site_page: https://www.ory.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:35.996738+00:00, sha e44652fde9f9)
  - site_page: https://www.ory.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:35.990641+00:00, sha 35c1d920fc8d)
  - site_page: https://changelog.ory.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:35.994968+00:00, sha c8e6b35f30bb)
  - site_page: https://www.ory.com/integrations (fetched 2026-08-29T10:23:35.998346+00:00, sha 966475eed325)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.