oauth2-proxy
Shares rank 11 of 12 identity providers by recommenders
Open-source proxy that puts a login or email allowlist in front of your apps, which people recommend as much lighter than running a full identity provider.
Open-source proxy that puts a login or email allowlist in front of your apps, which people recommend as much lighter than running a full identity provider.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 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
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Why people recommend it
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Adds authentication layer in front of apps
“you can use oauth2-proxy and nginx to e.g. wrap an open source MCP with a layer of SSO”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Is the future everyone having 100 MCP processes running on their PC?” “I've been happily using oauth2-proxy with nginx as an extra layer of authentication”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “What Is OAuth?” “You can use the great oauth2-proxy as a forward auth proxy to archive that”
Comment from 16 Aug 2026 in “RustDesk now supports true unattended remote access on Wayland” Works well with nginx
“you can use oauth2-proxy and nginx to e.g. wrap an open source MCP with a layer of SSO”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Ask HN: Is the future everyone having 100 MCP processes running on their PC?” “I've been happily using oauth2-proxy with nginx as an extra layer of authentication”
Comment from 21 Feb 2026 in “What Is OAuth?”
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All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I don't want any cloud standing in the way of my door lock opening.”
“You can use the great oauth2-proxy as a forward auth proxy to archive that”
“you can use oauth2-proxy and nginx to e.g. wrap an open source MCP with a layer of SSO”
“oauth2-proxy with an email allowlist is way less overhead than running a full identity provider”
“I've been happily using oauth2-proxy with nginx as an extra layer of authentication”
“It made my CPU usage drop 80% instantly”
“Many homelab and small to medium size company setups use OAuth2 Proxy”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.