Overview

Simple and minimalist forward auth service intended for use with reverse proxies (Traefik, Caddy, nginx, etc) Simple and minimalist forward auth service intended for use with reverse proxies (Traefik, Caddy, nginx, etc) - nosduco/nforwardauth The project has 156 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT.

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

echo "test:$(openssl passwd -6 test)" >> /path/to/passwd

docker run -p 3000:3000 \
  -e TOKEN_SECRET=example-secret-123 \
  -e AUTH_HOST=nforwardauth.localhost.com \
  -v /path/to/passwd:/passwd \
  nosduco/nforwardauth:v1

Normalized Features

Source: tool-features-normalized.json

docker, rest api.

Deploy

Docker

Self-host with Docker Compose

Coolify

One-click via Coolify panel

Elestio

Managed hosting from $9/mo

PikaPods

Simple managed hosting

Features

Integrations & APIs

REST API

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