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Authentik

Authentik

App Service · Self-hosted & homelab software · 10 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/homelab

Reddit take

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Pros

  • one for my netbird hub on a VPS (everything here is only accessible with authentik)
  • A single instance of IDM, currently Authentik, planning to switch to Kanidm.
  • Would you be looking for a 2FA/MFA solution? Something like authelia or authentik which should have inegration with reverse proxies like NPM, caddy, Traefik, etc

Cons

  • The same complaints everybody has: resource heavy, forward auth problems, maintenance, complexity, poor documentation.
  • Authentik has something like that but I can't exactly recommend it as I've had nothing but problems but it does have a landing page type thing
  • I don't use any kind of additional login like authentik, I just rely on the login and security of each individual app
  • The NetScaler will probably get replaced by a Traefik/Authentik container or haproxy
  • I used to run Authentik for years, but when I moved to Proxmox, I realized how bloated it was... Authentik is written in python which is one reason it's so heavy.

Sentiment

3 positive (30%) · 4 mixed (40%) · 3 negative (30%)

Trust + time weighted score: -5% · raw score 0%

What redditors said (10 of 10)

The same complaints everybody has: resource heavy, forward auth problems, maintenance, complexity, poor documentation.
negative · u/D****r · r/homelab · comment · Dec 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Authentik has something like that but I can't exactly recommend it as I've had nothing but problems but it does have a landing page type thing
negative · u/D****r · r/homelab · comment · Dec 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
one for my netbird hub on a VPS (everything here is only accessible with authentik)
positive · u/D****8 · r/homelab · comment · Dec 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I don't use any kind of additional login like authentik, I just rely on the login and security of each individual app
mixed · u/V****0 · r/homelab · Aug 25, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The NetScaler will probably get replaced by a Traefik/Authentik container or haproxy
mixed · u/s****e · r/homelab · Aug 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I used to run Authentik for years, but when I moved to Proxmox, I realized how bloated it was... Authentik is written in python which is one reason it's so heavy.
negative · u/A****t · r/homelab · comment · Aug 9, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I use authentik too but I don't need anyone else trying to log into my services.
mixed · u/b****7 · r/homelab · comment · Jul 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I simply want to expose 80+443 ports -> caddy+authentik -> a bunch of services.
mixed · u/I****5 · r/homelab · Jul 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
A single instance of IDM, currently Authentik, planning to switch to Kanidm.
positive · u/A****d · r/homelab · comment · Jul 15, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Would you be looking for a 2FA/MFA solution? Something like authelia or authentik which should have inegration with reverse proxies like NPM, caddy, Traefik, etc
positive · u/1****e · r/homelab · comment · Jan 7, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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