Overview

ZITADEL - Identity infrastructure, simplified for you. ZITADEL is the identity infrastructure platform that is built for developers and works for all users and applications. The project has 13K+ GitHub stars and is licensed under AGPL-3.0.

Key Features

Source: GitHub README

Single Sign On (SSO) · Username/Password · Passkeys (FIDO2 / WebAuthn)
MFA: OTP, U2F, OTP Email, OTP SMS
LDAP · Enterprise IdPs and social logins
OpenID Connect certified · SAML 2.0 · Device authorization
Machine-to-machine: JWT Profile, PAT, Client Credentials
Token exchange and impersonation
Custom sessions for flows beyond OIDC/SAML
Hosted Login V2
Identity brokering with pre-built IdP templates
Customizable B2B onboarding with self-service for customers

Getting Started

Source: GitHub README

curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zitadel/zitadel/main/deploy/compose/docker-compose.yml
&& curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zitadel/zitadel/main/deploy/compose/.env.example
&& cp .env.example .env
&& docker compose up -d —wait


Full deployment guides:
- Docker Compose 
- Kubernetes

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## Normalized Features

*Source: tool-features-normalized.json*

accessibility, audit logs, branding, docker, docker compose, kubernetes, ldap, multi user, oauth, postgresql, rbac, rest api, sso, templates, two factor auth, webhooks.

<DeploymentOptions slug={frontmatter.slug} />

Features

Authentication & Access

LDAP / Active Directory
Multi-User Support
OAuth / Social Login
Role-Based Access Control
Single Sign-On (SSO)
Two-Factor Authentication

Integrations & APIs

REST API
Webhooks

Customization & Branding

Custom Branding
Templates

Security & Privacy

Audit Logs

Localization & Accessibility

Accessibility (a11y)

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