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A comment on Supertokens: Open-Source Alternative to Auth0 / Firebase Auth / AWS Cognito.

Re:Supertokens: Open-Source Alternative to Auth0 / Firebase ... by andix on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:06AM (#35900074)
For some people the missing OpenID Connect may be a feature. But it provides some sort of vendor lock-in. A lot of components can easily be attached via OIDC and i would not use an authentication provider/middleware without OIDC support.
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Re:Supertokens: Open-Source Alternative to Auth0 / Firebase ... by rishabhpoddar on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:20AM (#35900174)
Fair enough. We are in the process of adding this feature.
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Re:Supertokens: Open-Source Alternative to Auth0 / Firebase ... by olligo on Friday May 19, 2023 @02:38PM (#36005379)
That would make integration with Wundergraph possible: https://docs.wundergraph.com/docs/auth/cookie-based-auth/ope...
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Re:Supertokens: Open-Source Alternative to Auth0 / Firebase ... by mooreds on Thursday May 11, 2023 @10:33AM (#35902681)
Disclosure: I work for FusionAuth, a competitor.

Yes, OIDC is quite important for the central identity hub, especially when you get beyond custom apps. If you are building an app, Supertokens with their SDKs and APIs might be a great choice.

As soon as you start wanting to integrate with other COTS or OSS applications (a forum, help desk software, slack/teams), you'll need OIDC (or perhaps SAML, depending on the age of the software) support.

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