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Keycloak

Software Tool · Web frameworks & libraries · 13 mentions · 3 subreddits · discussed in r/webdev, r/sysadmin, r/ObsidianMD

Reddit take

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Pros

  • Keycloak is stable and very powerful, but quite a complex tool. It works best for multi-tenant setups.
  • Keycloak seems to be the industry standard for auth. It is surprisingly robust, especially if you stick to the strict 'test in dev, let it cook in non-prod, roll out to prod when all seems fine after a week' approach.
  • I’ve used Keycloak and NGINX
  • I’ve used Keycloak and Auth0 for OIDC/JWKS
  • If you need to host yourself, probably Keycloak.

Cons

  • Anything is better than Keycloak.
  • I'd need to set up something like keycloak which I think is a pretty tall order? ... I believe something like keycloak can handle most of this, regardless even if it takes some effort to setup its worth it for the longevity.
  • Keycloak was overkill.
  • I really hate using java and java applications.

Sentiment

9 positive (69%) · 1 mixed (8%) · 3 negative (23%)

Trust + time weighted score: +49% · raw score 46%

What redditors said (10 of 13)

Anything is better than Keycloak.
negative · u/n****k · r/webdev · comment · Jan 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Keycloak is stable and very powerful, but quite a complex tool. It works best for multi-tenant setups.
positive · u/o****c · r/sysadmin · comment · Dec 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Keycloak seems to be the industry standard for auth. It is surprisingly robust, especially if you stick to the strict 'test in dev, let it cook in non-prod, roll out to prod when all seems fine after a week' approach.
positive · u/a****t · r/sysadmin · comment · Dec 30, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I’ve used Keycloak and NGINX
positive · u/l****9 · r/webdev · comment · Nov 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I’ve used Keycloak and Auth0 for OIDC/JWKS
positive · u/l****9 · r/webdev · comment · Nov 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I'd need to set up something like keycloak which I think is a pretty tall order? ... I believe something like keycloak can handle most of this, regardless even if it takes some effort to setup its worth it for the longevity.
mixed · u/D****s · r/ObsidianMD · comment · Aug 22, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
If you need to host yourself, probably Keycloak.
positive · u/h****g · r/sysadmin · comment · Feb 20, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Our small dev team switched to keycloak (https://www.keycloak.org/) instead of bespoke auth for each app and it's been amazing. Easy to integrate, easy to upgrade, more features than we need.
positive · u/T****7 · r/sysadmin · comment · Feb 19, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Some may use third party solution .. like keyclock to store all those info.
positive · u/a****d · r/webdev · comment · Feb 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Keycloak was overkill.
negative · u/E****r · r/webdev · Jan 7, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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