Authelia vs Casdoor
Authelia and Casdoor are both identity and access software. Authelia is open source under Apache-2.0, with 29k GitHub stars. Casdoor is open source under Apache-2.0, with 15k GitHub stars.
Which to pick
- Pick Authelia when
- You self-host several web apps behind Nginx, Traefik or Caddy and want one login with MFA in front of them.
- Pick Casdoor when
- You want a self-hosted SSO and user management server that is simpler to run than Keycloak.
Side by side
A single sign-on and two-factor portal that sits in front of web apps through a reverse proxy, and also acts as an OpenID Connect provider.
An identity and access management server with a web UI supporting OAuth, OIDC, SAML, CAS, LDAP, SCIM, WebAuthn and MFA, plus an MCP and agent gateway.
No admin UI for users; they live in a file or LDAP, which suits homelabs and small teams better than large organisations.
Very frequent releases and a wide feature list mean rough edges in less-used areas.
Production-ready (both)
Self-hosted server
Self-hosted server and cloud service
Go, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL and Redis
Go, TypeScript, React, MySQL and PostgreSQL
Open source, Apache-2.0 (permissive) (both)
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice. (both)
29k GitHub stars
15k GitHub stars
Established: started 10 years ago, latest release v4.39.28.
Established: started 6 years ago, latest release v4.25.0.
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Both sides were judged on 2026-11-03 from each project's README and GitHub data. License, age and popularity lines are worked out directly.