Authentik is a centralized identity and access management platform designed to serve as a unified authentication authority. It enables enterprise single sign-on across diverse applications and services, providing a cloud-native identity provider that manages user sessions and security protocols from a single location.
The platform distinguishes itself through a policy-driven flow engine and a visual orchestration interface. This allows administrators to design complex, custom authentication workflows by chaining modular verification stages and conditional logic. These workflows can be further refined with granular access policies that evaluate user attributes and environmental conditions, ensuring that security requirements are met through flexible, logic-based rules rather than static configurations.
Beyond core authentication, the system supports infrastructure-wide automation through declarative blueprints and container-based deployment models. It includes comprehensive tools for user account management, background task scheduling, and system monitoring, all accessible via a centralized administrative dashboard. The platform is designed for high availability and scalability, allowing for integration with external databases and various cloud-native environments.
The software is distributed as a containerized service, with installation supported through standard package managers and configuration templates.
