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Awesome Keycloak 
Carefully curated list of awesome Keycloak resources.
A curated list of resources for learning about the Open Source Identity and Access Management solution Keycloak. Contains books, websites, blog posts, links to github Repositories.
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Contents
General
Documentation
- Keycloak Website
- Current Documentation
- Archived Documentation
- Product Documentation for Red Hat Single Sign-On
Community, SIGs, Discussion Forums and Mailing Lists
- Keycloak Users Google Group
- Keycloak Developers Google Group
- Keycloak Discourse Group
- Inactive - Keycloak Developer Chat
- Inactive - User Mailing List
- Inactive - Developer Mailing List
- Mailing List Search
- Keycloak Subreddit
- GitHub Discussions (⭐23k)
- CNCF Slack, #keycloak, #keycloak-dev
- Keycloak OAuth SIG (⭐77)
- Keycloak SRE SIG (⭐24)
Books
- Keycloak - Identity and Access Management for Modern Applications
- Keycloak - Identity and Access Management for Modern Applications - Second Edition
Articles
- How to get Keycloak working with Docker
- Single-Sign-On for Microservices and/or Java EE applications with Keycloak SSO
- Keycloak Admin Client(s) - multiple ways to manage your SSO system
- How to get the AccessToken of Keycloak in Spring Boot and/or Java EE
- JWT authentication with Vert.x, Keycloak and Angular 2
- Authenticating via Kerberos with Keycloak and Windows 2008 Active Directory
- Deploying Keycloak with Ansible
- Easily secure your Spring Boot applications with Keycloak
- How Red Hat re-designed its Single Sign On (SSO) architecture, and why
- OAuth2, JWT, Open-ID Connect and other confusing things
- X509 Authentication with Keycloak and JBoss Fuse
- Running Keycloak on OpenShift 3
- Introducing Keycloak for Identity and Access Management
- Keycloak Basic Configuration for Authentication and Authorisation
- Keycloak on OpenShift Origin
- Identity Management, One-Time-Passwords and Two-Factor-Auth with Spring Boot and Keycloak
- Keycloak Identity Brokering with Openshift
- OpenID Connect Identity Brokering with Red Hat Single Sign-On
- Authentication & user management is hard
- Securing Nginx with Keycloak
- Secure kibana dashboards using keycloak
- Configuring NGINX for OAuth/OpenID Connect SSO with Keycloak/Red Hat SSO
- Keycloak Clustering Setup and Configuration Examples (⭐50)
- MicroProfile JWT with Keycloak
- Keycloak Essentials
- SSO-session failover with Keycloak and AWS S3
- KTOR and Keycloak: authentication with OpenId
- Keycloak: Core concepts of open source identity and access management
- Writing Keycloak Extensions: Key Concepts and Anti-Patterns
- Who am I? Keycloak Impersonation API
- Setup Keycloak Server on Ubuntu 18.04
- Getting started with Keycloak
- Angular, OpenID Connect and Keycloak
- Angular, OAuth 2.0 Scopes and Keycloak
- Keycloak, Flowable and OpenLDAP
- How to exchange token from an external provider to a keycloak token
- Building an Event Listener SPI (Plugin) for Keycloak
- Keycloak user migration – connect your legacy authentication system to Keycloak
- Keycloak Authentication and Authorization in GraphQL
- Kong / Konga / Keycloak: securing API through OIDC (⭐281)
- KeyCloak: Custom Login theme
- Keycloak: Use background color instead of background image in Custom Login theme
- How to turn off the Keycloak theme cache
- How to add a custom field to the Keycloak registration page
- How to setup Sign in with Google using Keycloak
- How to sign in users on Keycloak using Github
- Extending Keycloak SSO Capabilities with IBM Security Verify
- AWS SAML based User Federation using Keycloak
- AWS user account OpenID federation using Keycloak
- How to Run Keycloak in HA on Kubernetes
- How to create a Keycloak authenticator as a microservice?
- keycloak.ch | Installing & Running Keycloak
- keycloak.ch | Configuring Token Exchange using the CLI
- keycloak.ch | Configuring WebAuthn
- keycloak.ch | Configuring a SwissID integration
- Getting Started with Service Accounts in Keycloak
- Building cloud native apps: Identity and Access Management
- X.509 user certificate authentication with Red Hat’s single sign-on technology
- Grafana OAuth with Keycloak and how to validate a JWT token
- How to setup a Keycloak server with external MySQL database on AWS ECS Fargate in clustered mode
- Extending Keycloak: adding API key authentication
- Extending Keycloak: using a custom email sender
- Integrating Keycloak and OPA with Confluent
- UMA 2.0 : User Managed Access - how to use it with bash
- Setting Up A Keycloak Server For Authenticating To FileMaker
- How to Make Keycloak Start Up Faster When There Are a Lot of Offline Sessions
- Using Coder to Develop Keycloak Templates Live (almost)
- Keycloak Passkeys tutorial
- Keycloak as Authorization Server in .NET
- How to use Let's Encrypt certificates with Keycloak
- Keycloak Multi-Tenancy and the Pulumi Automation API: Part 1
- Instant User Management, SSO, and Secure Pages for ReactJS
- Securing a Next.js Application with Keycloak
- Django Web Authentication with Keycloak
- Keycloak Workshop for Step Up with MFA Biometrics Authentication (Passkeys) and Passwordless experience with Passkey autofill
- Migration from Spring Authorization Server to Keycloak Series' Articles
Talks
- JDD2015 - Keycloak Open Source Identity and Access Management Solution
- 2015 Using Tomcat and Keycloak in an iFrame
- 2016 You've Got Microservices Now Secure Them
- 2016 Keycloak: Open Source Single Sign On - Sebastian Rose - AOE conf (german)
- 2016 Sécuriser ses applications back et front facilement avec Keycloak (french)
- 2016 Keycloak and Red Hat Mobile Application Platform
- 2016 Easily secure your Front and back applications with KeyCloak
- 2017 Easily secure your Spring Boot applications with Keycloak - Part 1
- 2017 Easily secure your Spring Boot applications with Keycloak - Part 2
- 2018 How to secure your Spring Apps with Keycloak by Thomas Darimont @ Spring I/O 2018
- 2018 DevNation Live | A Deep Dive into Keycloak
- 2018 IDM Europe: WSO2 Identity Server vs. Keycloak (Dmitry Kann)
- 2018 JPrime|Building an effective identity and access management architecture with Keycloak (Sebastien Blanc)
- 2018 WJAX| Sichere Spring-Anwendungen mit Keycloak
- 2019 Spring I/O | Secure your Spring Apps with Keycloak
- 2019 DevoxxFR | Maitriser sa gestion de l'identité avec Keycloak (L. Benoit, T. Recloux, S. Blanc)
- 2019 DevConf | Fine - Grained Authorization with Keycloak SSO (Marek Posolda)
- 2019 VoxxedDays Minsk | Bilding an effective identity and access management architecture with Keycloak (Sebastien Blanc)
- 2019 Single-Sign-On Authentifizierung mit dem Keycloak Identity Provider | jambit CoffeeTalk
- 2020 Keycloak Team | Keycloak Pitch
- 2020 Keycloak Team | Keycloak Overview
- 2020 Please-open.it : oauth2 dans le monde des ops (french)
- 2022 Secure digital transformation via keycloak's FAPI - DevConf.cz Mini | June 2022
Presentations
Video Playlists
- Keycloak Identity and Access Management by Łukasz Budnik
- Keycloak by Niko Köbler
- Keycloak Playlist by hexaDefence
- Keycloak Tutorial Series by CodeLens
- KeycloakDevDay 2024 by dasniko
Clients
- Official Keycloak Node.js Admin Client ("Extremely Experimental")
- Keycloak Node.js TypeScript Admin Client by Canner (⭐609)
- Keycloak Go Client by Cloudtrust (⭐23)
- Keycloak Nest.js Admin Client by Relevant Fruit (⭐181)
- Keycloak Mock Library (⭐122)
- .NET / C# Keycloak.RestApiClient (⭐52)
Community Extensions
- Keycloak Extensions List
- Keycloak Benchmark Project (⭐132)
- Keycloak: Link IdP Login with User Provider (⭐25)
- Client Owner Manager: Control who can edit a client (⭐6)
- Keyloak Proxy written in Go (⭐951)
- Script based ProtocolMapper extension for SAML (⭐8)
- Realm export REST resource by Cloudtrust (⭐53)
- Keycloak JDBC Ping Setup by moremagic (⭐13)
- SMS 2 Factor Authentication for Keycloak via AWS SNS (⭐71)
- SMS 2 Factor Authentiation for Keycloak via SMS by Alliander
- Identity Provider for vk.com
- CAS Protocol Support (⭐66)
- WS-FED Support (⭐37)
- Keycloak Discord Support (⭐128)
- Keycloak Login with User Attribute (⭐36)
- zonaut/keycloak-extensions (⭐212)
- leroyguillaume/keycloak-bcrypt (⭐135)
- SPI Authenticator in Nodejs
- Have I Been Pwned? Keycloak Password Policy (⭐21)
- Keycloak Eventlistener for Google Cloud Pub Sub
- Enforcing Password policy based on attributes of User Groups (⭐9)
- Verify Email with Link or Code by hokumski (⭐8)
- Role-based Docker registry authentication (⭐10)
- SCIM for keycloak (⭐187)
- Keycloak Kafka Module (⭐100)
- Useful Keycloak EventListenerProvider implementations and utilities (⭐194)
- Keycloak: Home IdP Discovery extension (⭐265)
- Keycloak Metrics SPI (⭐561)
- Organizations for Keycloak by Phase Two (⭐415)
- Flexible IdP mapper for OIDC and SAML providers (⭐15)
- 2FA with Code sent via Email (⭐164)
- Admin Portal for User and Organization management by Phase Two (⭐20)
- MagicLink Authenticator by Phase Two (⭐242)
- Keycloak Metrics based on Micrometer (⭐29)
- softwarefactory-project/keycloak-filter-provider-users (⭐8)
- rciam/keycloak-group-management (⭐12)
- embesozzi/keycloak-webauthn-conditional-mediation WebAuthn Support for Passkeys (⭐17)
- Email Notifications when login from a new IP and Login History (⭐6)
- Keycloak Authenticator for Duo's Universal Prompt (⭐50)
- Keycloak extension for creating multi-tenant IAM for B2B SaaS applications (⭐128)
- OpenID Connect for Identity Assurance (OIDC4IDA) on Keycloak (⭐3)
- Keycloak Testcontainer for Node.js (⭐1)
- Keycloak GDPR Event Logger (⭐4)
- Keycloak Backup Email Required Action (⭐0)
- Keycloak Terms Authenticator: Require Terms and Conditions on every login (⭐0)
- Keycloak Adaptive Authentication Extension by @mabartos (⭐19)
- Keycloak GraphQL API by @blevine (⭐8)
- Keycloak SCIM Federation Support
- Keycloak Trusted Device Support by @wouterh-dev (⭐27)
Integrations
- Keycloak HTTP/MQTT/CoAP IoT Brokers Adapter (⭐7)
- Official Keycloak Node.js Connect Adapter (⭐682)
- Keycloak support for Aurelia (⭐4)
- Keycloak OAuth2 Auth for PHP (⭐208)
- Jenkins Keycloak Authentication Plugin (⭐37)
- Meteor Keycloak Accounts (⭐7)
- HapiJS Keycloak Auth (⭐36)
- zmartzone mod_auth_openidc for Apache 2.x (⭐989)
- Duo Security MFA Authentication for Keycloak
- Extension Keycloak facilitant l'utilisation de FranceConnect (⭐87)
- Ambassador Keycloak Support
- Keycloak Python Client (⭐43)
- Keycloak Terraform Provider (⭐647)
- Keycloak ADFS OpenID Connect
- React/NextJS Keycloak Bindings (⭐560)
- NextJS + tailwind + keycloak integration (⭐8)
- Keycloak Open-Shift integration (⭐19)
- Keycloak, Kong and Konga setup scripts (local development) (⭐12)
- SSO for Keycloak and Nextcloud with SAML
- Keycloak Connect GraphQL Adapter for Node.js (⭐157)
- python-keycloak (⭐728)
- Keycloak and PrivacyId3a docker-compose (local development) (⭐0)
- Nerzal/gocloak Golang Keycloak API Package (⭐1k)
- Apple Social Identity Provider for Keycloak (⭐111)
- Micrometer Keycloak extension (⭐6)
- Keycloak Provider for Laravel's Socialite Plugin
- Vault Keycloak Plugin (⭐12)
- mantelo (Python Admin Client) (⭐19)
- Keyloak Integration for the German E-Health ID (GesundheitsID) (⭐16)
Quick demo Videos
Themes
- Community Keycloak Ionic Theme (⭐21)
- A Keycloak theme based on the AdminLTE UI library (⭐93)
- GOV.UK Theme (⭐122)
- Carbon Design (⭐25)
- Modern
- Adminlte
- keycloakify: Create Keycloak themes using React (⭐1.6k)
- Keywind: Component-based theme built with Tailwind CSS (⭐795)
- TailwindUI theme (⭐35)
- Phase Two: Keycloak login theme template (⭐40)
- Phase Two: Extension for runtime loading of CSS themes (⭐30)
- Phase Two: 3 CSS-only Keycloak theme examples (⭐30)
Docker
- Official Keycloak Docker Images (⭐1.5k)
- Keycloak Examples as Docker Image
- Keycloak Maven SDK for managing the entire lifecycle of your extensions with Docker (⭐33)
- Keycloak with CRDB Support (CockroachDB)
Kubernetes
- Deprecated Keycloak Helm Chart (⭐626)
- codecentric Keycloak Helm Chart (⭐626)
- Import / Export Keycloak Config
- keycloak-operator (⭐431)
Tools
- keycloakmigration: Manage your Keycloak configuration with code (⭐115)
- tool to autogenerate an OpenAPI Specification for Keycloak's Admin API (⭐168)
- oidc-bash-client (⭐105)
- louketo-proxy (FKA Gatekeeper) (⭐951)
- keycloak-config-cli: Configuration as Code for Keycloak (⭐798)
- Keycloak Pulumi (⭐40)
- Keycloak on AWS (⭐185)
- aws-cdk construct library that allows you to create KeyCloak on AWS in TypeScript or Python (⭐88)
- keycloak-scanner Python CLI (⭐51)
- Keycloak RestAPI Postman Collection
- Keycloak Configurator (⭐11)
- kcwarden Config Auditor (⭐12)
Deployment Examples
Example Projects
- Examples from Keycloak Book: Keycloak - Identity and Access Management for Modern Applications (⭐249)
- Official Examples (⭐23k)
- Keycloak Quickstarts (⭐2k)
- Drupal 7.0 with Keycloak
- Securing Realm Resources With Custom Roles (⭐14)
- BeerCloak: a comprehensive KeyCloak extension example (⭐136)
- KeyCloak Extensions: Securing Realm Resources With Custom Roles (⭐14)
- Red Hat Single Sign-On Labs (⭐13)
- Spring Boot Keycloak Tutorial (⭐202)
- Custom Keycloak Docker Image of Computer Science House of RIT (⭐8)
- Example of custom password hash SPI for Keycloak (⭐26)
- Example for a custom http-client-provider with Proxy support (⭐3)
- Monitor your keycloak with prometheus (⭐64)
- Custom User Storage Provider .ear with jboss-cli setup (⭐93)
- Keycloak - Experimental extensions by Stian Thorgersen/Keycloak (⭐129)
- Securing Spring Boot Admin & Actuator Endpoints with Keycloak (⭐59)
- A Keycloak Mobile Implementation using Angular v4 and Ionic v3 (⭐24)
- Example for Securing Apps with Keycloak on Kubernetes (⭐56)
- Example for Securing AspDotNet Core Apps with Keycloak (⭐38)
- Example for passing custom URL parameters to a Keycloak theme for dynamic branding (⭐31)
- Angular Webapp secured with Keycloak (⭐367)
- Keycloak Theme Development Kit (⭐51)
- Keycloak Clustering examples (⭐172)
- Keycloak Last Login Date Event Listener (⭐27)
- Keycloak Project Example (Customizations, Extensions, Configuration) (⭐345)
- Example of adding API Key authentication to Keycloak (⭐115)
- Example for using Keycloak Authorization with ASP.NET Core (⭐478)
- FAPI demo from DevConf.cz Mini: Secure digital transformation via keycloak's FAPI (⭐3)
- Keycloak enviornment with WebAuthn Support for Stepup Auth with MFA Biometrics and Passkeys (by embesozzi) (⭐39)
- How to: Keycloak - ASP.NET Core - Angular (⭐45)
- Verifiable Credential Authentication with OpenID Connect (VC-AuthN OIDC) (⭐144)
- FIDO2 with Keycloak for 1FA and 2FA christian-2/oidc-passkey (⭐3)
- A simple Django app to use Keycloak over OIDC by Amsterdam/keycloak_oidc (⭐22)
- Keycloak as a Verifiable Credential Issuer with OID4VCI by Adorsys (⭐6)
Benchmarks
Help
Commercial Offerings
- Red Hat build of Keycloak
- Red Hat Single Sign-On
- INTEGSOFT UNIFIED USER CREDENTIALS WITH KEYCLOAK SSO
- JIRA SSO Plugin by codecentric
- Keycloak Competence Center by Inventage AG
- Keycloak as a Service
- Bare.Id - GDPR compliant Keycloak as a Service
- Phase Two (https://phasetwo.io/) offers hosting (free tier avaialable), on-prem deployments, and enterprise Keycloak support.
- Skycloak
Miscellaneous
- Find sites using Keycloak with google
- Keycloak Dev Bookmarks - Use the tag keycloak
- Use fail2ban to block brute-force attacks to keycloak server
- Pentest-Report Keycloak 8.0 Audit & Pentest 11.2019 by Cure53
- Keycloak - CNCF Security SIG - Self Assesment
License
To the extent possible under law, Thomas Darimont has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.