Ask HN: DIY Replacement for Auth0 or Okta

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Are there any authentication platforms as a service that have functionality like okta/Auth0?

It would be pretty easy (but a lot of work) to roll your own using Django. Is there anything that works out of the box? and is battle tested?

Getting authentication and federation "right" is tough, and I wouldn't recommend implementing it yourself.

I would consider looking into Keycloak, which is an opensource platform similar to Okta/Auth0 that you can self host:

Java code base from redhat (now IBM)... looks complete though