knell-auth
Self-hosted authentication without the bloat
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Self-hosted authentication that actually makes sense. No vendor lock-in, no per-user pricing. Features: • Argon2id password hashing • JWT + refresh tokens • Rate limiting & brute force protection • Session management with device tracking • Audit logging • Docker support • OWASP Top 10 compliant Built with TypeScript, Fastify, PostgreSQL. Handles 15k+ concurrent users. Open source (MIT). Deploy anywhere. Own your data.
PH · launched Nov 5, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 65%) · 0 views
Niche: credential management and security tools · 78 launches, 14 in the last 7 days ▲ +56% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
- Open Source
- Developer Tools
- GitHub
- Security
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More like this: all 78 launches in credential management and security tools →
Could you build this?
Yes Self-hosted auth built from well-known patterns (Argon2id, JWT with refresh tokens, rate limiting, session tracking) that mature libraries already implement. A production-grade security audit would still be prudent.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 202 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #106 of 203 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 371 days after the earliest competitor.
- Minimal NIST/OWASP-compliant auth implementation for Cloudflare Workers · hn · 2026-02-09 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- KeeperPass · ph · 2026-09-23 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Arken · hn · 2026-10-30 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- A password system with no database, no sync, and nothing to breach · hn · 2026-02-06 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- AuthPlane · hn · 2026-06-17 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Open Passkey · hn · 2026-04-19 · 10 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- devauthkit · ph · 2026-10-21 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- keeper-password-manager · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.41
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