Running Authentik vs Authelia: SSO Comparison for Self-Hosters (2026)
Running Authentik vs Authelia: SSO Comparison for Self-Hosters (2026) You’re tired of logging into every self-hosted service separately. You want single sign-on. You’ve narrowed it down to two options: Authentik and Authelia. Both are open-source, both work with Docker, both solve the “too many logins” problem — but they take fundamentally different approaches. Authentik is a full identity provider. Authelia is a lightweight authentication portal. Choosing between them depends on what you actually need. ...