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thomseddon/traefik-forward-auth

Minimal forward authentication service that provides Google/OpenID oauth based login and authentication for the traefik reverse proxy observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/thomseddon/traefik-forward-auth · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

57/100

  • Activity 75
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2990
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 152
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2391 stars · 449 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A minimal forward authentication service that adds Google/OpenID Connect OAuth-based SSO login in front of any HTTP service behind the Traefik reverse proxy. It supports multiple providers, multiple domains, rule-based selective authentication, and deploys via Docker or Kubernetes.

Use cases

  • add google oauth login to services behind traefik
  • protect self-hosted apps with sso
  • forward auth middleware for traefik
  • add openid connect authentication to internal apps
  • require login before accessing docker swarm services
  • centralized authentication for multiple subdomains

When to choose

  • you use Traefik as your reverse proxy and want OAuth/SSO protection for backend services
  • you need multi-provider (Google, OIDC) login with multi-domain support
  • you want a lightweight, minimal alternative to oauth2-proxy

When to avoid

  • you don't use Traefik or a reverse proxy that supports forward auth
  • you need full-featured identity management like user provisioning or MFA flows
  • you need providers beyond Google/OIDC such as SAML

Facets

service · maturity active

auth middleware http-server security security self-hosted web-development go self-hosted traefik oauth2 openid-connect forward-auth reverse-proxy sso beyondcorp devops docker kubernetes linux

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