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Kratos - Cloud native Auth0 open-source alternative (self-hosted)

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Ory Kratos is an API first identity and user management system for cloud native applications. It centralizes login, registration, recovery, verification, and profile management flows so your services consume them instead of reimplementing them.

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What is Ory Kratos?

Ory Kratos is an API first identity and user management system that follows cloud architecture best practices. It focuses on core identity workflows that almost every application needs:

Self service login and registration

Account verification and recovery

Multi factor authentication

Profile and account management

Identity schemas and traits

Admin APIs for lifecycle management

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