Self-hosters struggle to centralize login across apps
People running self-hosted services want to use a central identity provider instead of managing separate logins, but some apps lack OIDC, LDAP, or a trusted identity-header option. A gateway can protect an app from outside, but it may not provide the per-user identity or granular controls an app needs internally. The requests span media and other self-hosted services, suggesting a recurring integration gap rather than one app-specific issue.
For self-hosters running multiple services. Mentioned from Sep 2021 to Jun 2026 on GitHub.
4 different people described this problem in 3 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 4.0/10
- Pain
- 5.5/10
- Frequency
- 5.8/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.0/10
- Who pays
- Consumers
- Competition
- High
- Build difficulty
- High
What people said
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I use Authentik and would love to more easily and granularly secure my *rr stack
Add LDAP Support > +1 for LDAP support as well, but if SSO solutions like Keycloak (which can sync with ldap) are supported, those are preferable to plain LDAP for me. I second this. LDAP and/or SSO support will be great. Don't hesitate to reach out if any beta testing is needed !
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