Why developers like Keycloak

What is Keycloak?

It is an Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services. It adds authentication to applications and secure services with minimum fuss. No need to deal with storing users or authenticating users. It's all available out of the box.

Keycloak is a tool in the User Management and Authentication category of a tech stack.

Who uses Keycloak?

Companies

127 companies reportedly use Keycloak in their tech stacks, including deleokorea, Gympass, and Backbase.

deleokorea

Gympass

Backbase

Santander Tecnolog ...

Biting Bit

JustChunks

HappyFresh

Onedot

Care

Developers

464 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Keycloak.

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Keycloak Integrations

KrakenD, Otomi, Apicurio Studio, Authress, and Amazon OpenSearch Service are some of the popular tools that integrate with Keycloak. Here's a list of all 8 tools that integrate with Keycloak.

KrakenD

Otomi

Apicurio Studio

Authress

Amazon OpenSearch ...

CronApp

pgrok

Beyond Identity

Pros of Keycloak

It's a open source solution

Supports multiple identity provider

OpenID and SAML support

Easy customisation

JSON web token

Maintained by devs at Redhat

Decisions about Keycloak

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Keycloak in their tech stack.

Dario Battaglia

Jul 16, 2022 | 7 upvotes · 30K views

Needs advice

Keycloak

and

Okta

Hello,

I'm trying to implement a solution for this situation:

There is a restaurant in which users can access RestAPI, using Google, Facebook, GitHub. There is even the possibility to login inside using the SPID authentication. In the first case I was considering Keycloak as a better solution for this case, but then i've read about Okta and its pros.

I cannot understand reading and searching on Google if SPID authentication is supported by OKTA. Looks like to be, because it should be using SAML, but I haven't found a clear solution.

Seshagiri Sriram

Jun 27, 2022 | 4 upvotes · 22.8K views

Needs advice

AppDynamics

and

Datadog

We are evaluating an APM tool and would like to select between AppDynamics or Datadog. Our applications are largely hosted on Microsoft Azure but we would keep the option to move to AWS or Google Cloud Platform in the future.

In addition to core Azure services, we will be hosting other components - including MongoDB, Keycloak, PagerDuty, etc. Our applications are largely C# and React-based using frontend for Backend patterns and Azure API gateway. In addition, there are close to 50+ external services integrated using both REST and SOAP.

Yossi Cohn

Tech Lead at Hiredscore · Sep 30, 2021 | 4 upvotes · 78.4K views

Needs advice

Auth0

and

Keycloak

Looking for a SAML 2 Service Provider authentication flow. Considering Auth0 vs Keycloak for the Service Provider side any Pros and Cons to both ?

Nilesh Ratta

Sep 7, 2021 | 3 upvotes · 39.7K views

Needs advice

Keycloak

and

Wildfly

I have an EAR deployed in a Wildfly instance. And it has many WAR folders. Is it possible to secure the whole EAR with Keycloak? And if I want to secure some of the WAR inside that EAR with Keycloak, is that possible?

Nilesh Ratta

Aug 27, 2021 | 6 upvotes · 231.2K views

Needs advice

Keycloak

and

Okta

I want some good advice on which one I should prefer. (Keycloak or Okta) Since Keycloak is open source, it will be our first preference, but do we face some limitations with this approach? And since our product is SAAS based and we support the following authentications at present. 1. AT DB level 2. 3rd part IDP providers 3. LDAP/AD...

jmsalameh

Jun 7, 2021 | 5 upvotes · 62.5K views

Needs advice

FreeRADIUS

and

Keycloak

Hello all, I wanted to see if I could get some advice on how to integrate Keycloak with FreeRADIUS . I wanted our users to be able to use their Keycloak credentials to authenticate to our wifi through FreeRadius. I don't see much online for how the two can work together. I already have Keycloak setup and FreeRadius up and running. Now I need the two to talk to each other. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Keycloak Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to Keycloak?

Auth0

A set of unified APIs and tools that instantly enables Single Sign On and user management to all your applications.

Okta

Connect all your apps in days, not months, with instant access to thousands of pre-built integrations - even add apps to the network yourself. Integrations are easy to set up, constantly monitored, proactively repaired and handle authentication and provisioning.

FreeIPA

FreeIPA is an integrated Identity and Authentication solution for Linux/UNIX networked environments. A FreeIPA server provides centralized authentication, authorization and account information by storing data about user, groups, hosts and other objects necessary to manage the security aspects of a network of computers.

Dex

Dex is a personal CRM that helps you build stronger relationships. Remember where you left off, keep in touch, and be more thoughtful -- all in one place.

Vault

Vault is a tool for securely accessing secrets. A secret is anything that you want to tightly control access to, such as API keys, passwords, certificates, and more. Vault provides a unified interface to any secret, while providing tight access control and recording a detailed audit log.

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