Authentication tools handle logins and user accounts for your app. They sit on top of your users' passwords and identities. A European provider keeps that under EU law. Ory and ZITADEL are both open-source, so you can host them yourself. ZITADEL comes from Switzerland and Ory from Germany. Your users' identities stay in European hands.
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Open-source identity, authentication, and authorization from Germany. Self-host the full stack or use Ory Network – no vendor lock-in.
Open-source identity infrastructure from Switzerland with built-in multi-tenancy and passwordless login. Self-host it or run it on Swiss-hosted cloud.
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