Authorizer
Apache-2.0 self-hosted auth server on your own database
DevOps / Infrastructure · Apache-2.0 · 2.1k
Reviewed 2026-10-18 · last push 2026-10-16 · repo checked 2026-10-19
What's Good
Apache-2.0 (authorizerdev/authorizer), release 2.4.2 (2026-10-14). Connects to 13+ databases, including Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, SQL Server, MongoDB, Cassandra, ScyllaDB, ArangoDB, DynamoDB and Couchbase, so user data stays in your stack. Includes email templates, RBAC and SDKs for frontends. ★~2.1k.
The Catch
v2 moved all configuration to CLI arguments and ignores .env files, which breaks older deployment recipes — read the migration guide. Much smaller community than Keycloak, Zitadel or Authentik. You own security updates.
Verdict
A lightweight Auth0 alternative when you want users in your own database.
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