Overview Logto is an identity and auth server written in TypeScript that handles sign-in, social login, MFA, enterprise SSO, and organization-level RBAC. It ships pre-built sign-in flows and SDKs for 30+ frameworks, and the README says it also fits Model Context Protocol and agent-based setups. It can be self-hosted with Docker Compose or Node.js on PostgreSQL, or used as the managed Logto Cloud.
Who it is for: Teams adding self-hosted or managed auth, SSO and RBAC to SaaS or agent apps
Strengths Supports OIDC, OAuth 2.1 and SAML, with enterprise SSO and multi-tenancy built in SDKs for 30+ frameworks including React, Next.js, Angular, Vue, Flutter, Go, Python Docker Compose one-liner for self-hosting; also installable via npm init @logto Organization RBAC, member invites and just-in-time provisioning Weaknesses Node.js install path requires a separately managed PostgreSQL database MPL-2.0 has file-level copyleft, which may matter if you modify and ship it Self-hosting means you operate and patch your own auth service What it needs no GPU Docker + Compose Needs PostgreSQL, Docker (optional), Node.js (optional) port 3002 Quick answers Is logto open source? Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MPL-2.0 license.
Can you run logto with Docker? Yes. Its repository has a Docker setup: a Dockerfile, a Compose file or a published image.
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How to choose Check what you get self-hosted versus only in the managed cloud. See how it handles auth, row-level security and file storage. Look at the client SDKs for your stack. Health
Releases 15 in the last 12 monthsLast one 6 days ago
Top contributor 37% of commits523 of 1,406 in the last 12 months
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Deploy it Needs before it works: PostgreSQL, Docker (optional), Node.js (optional).
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