A self-hosted OAuth 2.0 server for authenticating AI agents and machine
Details
- External ID
- 47175942
- Source
- HN
- Company
- —
- Product
- A self-hosted OAuth 2.0 server for authenticating AI agents and machine
- Website domain
- github.com
- Launched
- Feb. 27, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 6
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.28099730458221023
- Tags
- —
- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
MachineAuth is a self-hosted OAuth 2.0 server for authenticating AI agents and machines.What is an AI agent in this context? A software bot (like OpenCLAW, Claude Code, etc.) that makes API calls to access protected resources. Instead of sharing long-lived API keys, your agents can authenticate using OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials and receive short-lived JWT tokens.Why? No more sharing API keys Short-lived tokens (configurable) Easy credential rotation Industry-standard security
Enrichment
- Theme
- developer tools for AI agents
- Vertical
- Security
- Function
- Compliance & governance
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- AI feature
- Project type
- Commercial product
- Normalized one-liner
- self-hosted oauth server for ai agents
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes Standard OAuth 2.0 (specifically Client Credentials grant for machine-to-machine auth) has mature, well-documented RFC specifications and off-the-shelf libraries in virtually every web framework.
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