# buzzfeed/sso

sso, aka S.S.Octopus, aka octoboi, is a single sign-on solution for securing internal services

Repository: https://github.com/buzzfeed/sso
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sso
License Family: other
Topics: go, security, oauth, sso, authentication, aes
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-06-19T15:22:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 88, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2939, "days_push": 75, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3123, forks 190 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:44.319117+00:00)

## What it is
sso (S.S. Octopus) is a single sign-on solution built at BuzzFeed for securing internal services behind OAuth-based authentication. It acts as an authentication proxy in front of internal web applications.

## Use cases
- add single sign-on to internal services
- protect internal dashboards with oauth authentication
- secure internal apps behind google sso
- centralize authentication for microservices
- require employee login before accessing internal tools

## When to choose
- you already run sso and maintain your own fork
- you need a proven go-based oauth proxy pattern to study

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new deployment - the project is no longer maintained
- you want active support or security updates
- consider modern alternatives like Pomerium instead

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: auth, authorization, proxy, security
- domain: security, self-hosted, developer-tools, web-development
- platform: go, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: single-sign-on, oauth2, oauth2-proxy, internal-services, sso, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- buzzfeed/sso (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.319117+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 2026-08-29T18:45:58.439997+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/buzzfeed/sso (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:44.319117+00:00, sha 4c844fdbb693)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.