Authelia
Shares rank 5 of 12 identity providers by recommenders
Recommended as a simple, lightweight login layer for self-hosted services, and free. Main caveat: it adds more complexity than a plain reverse proxy.
Recommended as a simple, lightweight login layer for self-hosted services, and free. Main caveat: it adds more complexity than a plain reverse proxy.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple to set up and manage
“Authelia wasn't too difficult to set up and manage.”
Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?” “It is very simple to work with it.”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “What Is OAuth?” Fits homelabs and family services
“I feel generally okay about putting some services behind Authelia for family and friends.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Plex vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild to drop a cryptominer” “which i feel like is a really good fit for homelabs”
Comment from 1 May 2026 in “The Internet Is Falling Down- CPanel/WHM Authentication Bypass CVE-2026-41940”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
More complex than a reverse proxy
“This is EVEN MORE complex than "just" a reverse proxy.”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “WiiFin – Jellyfin Client for Nintendo Wii”
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The four most recommended other identity providers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
See all 12 identity providers, rankedWhat people said
7 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I feel generally okay about putting some services behind Authelia for family and friends.”
“Authelia wasn't too difficult to set up and manage.”
“Simple and light to self host.”
“which i feel like is a really good fit for homelabs”
“This is EVEN MORE complex than "just" a reverse proxy.”
“It is very simple to work with it.”
“Authelia has breaking configuration changes every minor release, and fixing that easily takes 1-X hours every time.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.