authentik Blog
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- 84 from 2 Nov 2022 to 30 Sep 2026
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2026 11
- authentik is now OpenID Certified
- authentik version 2026.8 is here!
- Consolidating IAM without disruption
- authentik version 2026.5 is here!
- Open Source SaaS is Dead; Long Live Open Source
- Reflections on BSides and RSAC 2026
- A note to AI agents about authentik
- authentik version 2026.2 is here!
- The Okta Tax: How Much Are You Really Paying for Identity?
- Extended Identity and Access Management with authentik
- authentik version 2025.12 is here!
2025 14
- Why we revamped file management
- How we really feel about AI
- We removed Redis
- authentik version 2025.10 is here!
- authentik now supports Single Logout (SLO)
- Implementing EAP, EAP-TLS and more (mostly) from scratch
- Implementing EAP, EAP-TLS and more (mostly) from scratch
- authentik version 2025.6 is here!
- Why our customers choose authentik
- Authentik release 2025.4
- How to break up with your IdP: migrating to a new identity provider
- Not all MFA methods are created equally: what authentik supports (and why)
- Announcing release 2025.2
- Remote Access Control in Open Source + Enterprise Plan Updates
2024 22
- Announcing release 2024.12: Happy Holidays!
- If your open source project competes with your paid product, you’re doing it wrong
- Long username? Okta says: no password needed!
- Announcing Release 2024.10
- Proudly not AI-powered
- Our biennial Public Benefit Company (PBC) report
- Announcing release 2024.8: source property mappings, SAML encryption, and more
- Flows, stages, and policies: customizing your authentication with authentik
- SaaS doesn’t actually align vendor and customer success
- open core aligns company and community incentives
- Your first 90 days as a founding security engineer
- Standardization in authentik: where we embrace guardrails and where we’ve kept flexibility
- Release 2024.4 is here: new functionality for Admins, devs, and end users
- Why we built authentik Outposts as microservices
- Going from open source maintainer to running a business: 7 lessons
- Why contributing to open source is scary and how to contribute anyway
- My first week as CEO at Authentik Security
- Remote Access, Audit Log, and a new App Wizard: release 2024.2 is here!
- Open source developers are the original content creators
- Don’t hardcode your secrets in Kubernetes manifests, and other container pitfalls to avoid
- While you’re busy fixing vulnerabilities, someone is phishing your employees
- Happy New Year from Authentik Security
2023 35
- Building the dream infrastructure stack for a security startup: preparing for human and technical scaling
- Okta's October breach part two: a delayed but slightly better response
- Automated security versus the security mindset
- Okta got breached again
- security stack
- Everyone agrees zero trust is good but no one correctly implements it
- IPv6 addresses and why you need to make the switch now
- We celebrated the company’s first birthday
- containers
- How small companies get taxed out of security and why the whole industry suffers
- We need to talk about SCIM: More deviation than standard
- Machine-to-machine communication in authentik
- Black box security software can’t keep up with open source
- Sourcegraph security incident: the good, the bad, and the dangers of access tokens
- Announcing the authentik Enterprise release!
- My hobby became my job, 50% extra pay, just needed to let go of GPLv3
- Let’s make identity fun again (whether we build it or buy it)
- The tightrope walk of authentication: a balance of convenience and security
- We did an authentik hackathon!
- Securing the future of SaaS: Enterprise Security and Single Sign-On
- Multi-user locale management using Lit
- July authentik hackathon!
- Microsoft has a monopoly on identity, and everyone knows it except the FTC
- Demystifying Security: The Importance of SSO for Businesses of All Sizes
- Building Apps with Scale in Mind: Key Considerations and Strategies
- earlier blog
- Fixed working hours are an outdated concept: 71% of HR leaders agree
- I gambled against React and lost (and I don’t regret a thing)
- Monorepos are great! ... for now.
- Supply chain attacks: what we can all do better
- JWT: A token that changed how we see identity
- What’s new with authentik - March 2023
- authentik on Django: 500% slower to run but 200% faster to build
- a post about why standards matter
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