Creating one application needs too many separate objects, user went back to Zitadel → Zitadel
“with Authentik I needed to configure like 3 three separate things to create a new "Application”
One person says they left authentik; what else pushes users away, and what its category peers report
Friction holds 13 sourced reports about authentik (goauthentik.io) from 67 public source threads (as of 2026-10-15); only 1 of them says the author left. This page shows that report, what its users say pushes them away, and the problem profile of Keycloak.
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Where authentik users say they went
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| Named alternative | Reports naming it | Newest report |
|---|---|---|
| Keycloak (compare) | 2 | 2023 |
| Zitadel | 1 | 2024 |
| Authelia | 1 | 2023 |
The reports of leaving
What pushes people away from authentik
The most-reported open problems, worst severity first. Each links to the item with its source.
Outpost unhealthy and apps return 500 after 2025.12.2 upgrade · Self-hosting & upgrades · Blocks work · 3 people
“After updating to 2025.12.2 my Outpost shows as unhealthy and Applications can not login (error 500 from NGinx Proxy Manager)”
Fresh docker-compose install: initial setup page not found, hours lost · Setup & onboarding · Blocks work · 2 people
“However, even in those cases, after entering email and password, I'd still get either a "Not Found" error, or an "Access Denied" error”
Domain-level forward auth fails with external outposts (400) · Reliability & bugs · Annoyance · 4 people
“With Proxies, it returns 400 (in logs wrong session). But App Level Forward Auth works correctly with external (proxy) Outposts, issue only with Domain level”
Invitation docs ship an enrollment flow without an invitation stage · Documentation · Annoyance · 3 people
“Is it really required to write your own lookup code for each property”
WebAuthn login loops on security key after upgrade to 2026.5.4 · Reliability & bugs · Annoyance · 3 people
“If I do a rollback to 2026.5.3 it let me login without the reappearing window”
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Other authentication and identity tools on Friction, and what their users struggle with
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Keycloak
23 reports · 65 source threads · most-discussed area: Reliability & bugs
Counts and reports reflect people who post in public (developers and technical buyers are over-represented). A tool with fewer reports is not a better tool; it may only be discussed less. How the data is built.