Keycloak by Keycloak (CNCF project)
Self-hosted open-source identity and access management with SSO, OIDC/SAML and user federation.
Auth and user accounts Open source
Price
Free (open source)
you pay only for the compute it runs on
Free tier
Open source
SDK downloads
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npm keycloak-js
Status
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no public status page
Pricing
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| Cheapest paid plan | — |
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| Good to know | Self-hosted only; no vendor-hosted paid plan. CNCF incubation project; latest release 26.8.0. |
Open source: free to run on your own hardware; you pay only for the compute. Checked
Use it from an agent
| MCP server | Community servers only |
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| npm | npm install keycloak-js |
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