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ory/kratos

Headless cloud-native authentication and identity management written in Go. Scales to a billion+ users. Replace Homegrown, Auth0, Okta, Firebase with better UX and DX. Passkeys, Social Sign In, OIDC, Magic Link, Multi-Factor Auth, SMS, SAML, TOTP, and more. Runs everywhere, runs best on Ory Network.

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  • ✓Last commit 3w ago
  • ✓14 active contributors
  • ✓Distributed ownership (top contributor 30% of recent commits)
  • ✓Apache-2.0 licensed
  • ✓CI configured
  • ✓Tests present

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Repository brief

Repo brief: ory/kratos

Generated by RepoPilot · document generated 2026-09-17 · concise human review Evidence snapshot · analyzed 2026-09-17T03:12:12.180Z · commit b86338da04a0

Verdict

Healthy — Healthy across all four use cases

  • Last commit 3w ago
  • 14 active contributors
  • Distributed ownership (top contributor 30% of recent commits)
  • Apache-2.0 licensed
  • 2 more receipts on the live page

Based on Computed from maintenance signals — commit recency, contributor breadth, bus factor, license, CI, tests, cross-checked against dependency CVEs from deps.dev and OpenSSF Scorecard

What it is

Ory Kratos is a cloud-native, API-first identity and user management system written in Go that centralizes authentication and user lifecycle workflows (login, registration, recovery, verification, MFA, passkeys, OIDC, SAML) so applications consume them via HTTP APIs rather than reimplementing them. It scales to billions of users and provides both self-hosted and managed deployment options via Ory Network. Monorepo structure: pkg/client-go contains the auto-generated Go client with model files organized by feature (identity, courier, frontend, metadata APIs), configuration management, and HTTP client setup. The main Kratos server implementation is in the root project; pkg/client-go is a…

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Open these first:

  • pkg/client-go/client.go — Core client initialization and configuration for the Go SDK that all API interactions depend on.
  • pkg/client-go/api_identity.go — Primary API methods for identity management operations (create, patch, list identities) used throughout client applications.
  • pkg/client-go/api_frontend.go — Frontend-facing API endpoints for login, registration, recovery, and verification flows that drive user authentication.
  • pkg/client-go/configuration.go — Configuration management for client initialization, authentication, and API endpoint binding.
  • pkg/client-go/go.mod — Declares Go module dependencies and compatibility requirements (Go 1.18+) for the client package.

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Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/ory/kratos.git. To work with the Go client library: cd pkg/client-go && go mod download (based on the go.mod manifest). Verify the root project Go version requireme…

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The repository data does not include a Makefile with dev targets or a go.mod at the root level—only pkg/client-go/go.mod is visible. Consult the root-level README and Makefile (referenced in file count) for build/run in…

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Key cautions & unknowns

  • Auto-generated code: Files matching pattern model_.go and api_.go are generated from OpenAPI specs; editing them directly will be overwritten. Module dependency: pkg/client-go is a separate Go module (go.mod…
  • Exact package version, compatibility, provenance, and deployment context still need project-specific review.

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