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Security & Auth

European identity, authentication, secrets, password, VPN, and hardware security tools.

5 curated entries, searchable by use case, country, license, deployment, and source model.

add passkeys and SSOmanage secrets and passwordsprotect developer deviceschoose European VPN or security hardware

Hanko

Open sourceMediumActive

Passkey-first authentication and user management for modern web applications.

Origin
Germany
License
AGPL-3.0
Pricing
Open-core
Deployment
Cloud, Self-hosted
passkeyswebauthnauthenticationlogingdpr
add passkeysreplace passwordsbuild login flowssupport WebAuthn

Hanko is a German passkey/authentication vendor.

Nitrokey

Open sourceHighActive

Open hardware security keys, encrypted storage, and secure devices for authentication and secrets.

Origin
Germany
License
Mixed open-source hardware/software
Pricing
Hardware
Deployment
Hardware
hardware-securityfido2open-hardwarekeysgermany
use hardware-backed MFAprotect signing keyssecure developer laptopsstore secrets on hardware

Nitrokey is a German open hardware security company.

Passbolt

Open sourceMediumActive

Open-source password manager built for teams, with self-hosting and collaboration workflows.

Origin
Luxembourg
License
AGPL-3.0
Pricing
Open-core
Deployment
Cloud, Self-hosted
password-managerteamssecretsself-hosted
share team passwordsself-host password managementmanage developer credentialsaudit access

Passbolt is a European company headquartered in Luxembourg.

Proton VPN

Open sourceMediumActive

Privacy-focused VPN service from Proton with open-source clients.

Origin
Switzerland
License
Mixed open-source clients
Pricing
Freemium
Deployment
Desktop, Cloud
vpnprivacynetwork-securityswitzerland
secure developer traffictest regional accessprotect remote workuse privacy-focused VPN

Proton is a Swiss privacy company.

ZITADEL

Open sourceMediumActive

Open-source identity infrastructure for login, SSO, multi-tenancy, and machine-to-machine auth.

Origin
Switzerland
License
Apache-2.0
Pricing
Open-core
Deployment
Cloud, Self-hosted
identityssooidcoauthmulti-tenant
add SSObuild multi-tenant authmanage OIDC/OAuthself-host identity

ZITADEL is operated by a Swiss company and publishes a canonical open-source repository.