---
title: Community OSS authentication options
author: rick-anderson
description: Lists open source authentication options for ASP.NET Core.
keywords: ASP.NET Core,open-source,authentication
ms.author: riande
manager: wpickett
ms.date: 08/18/2017
ms.topic: article
ms.technology: aspnet
ms.prod: asp.net-core
uid: security/authentication/community
---
# Community OSS authentication options

This page contains community-provided, open source authentication options for ASP.NET Core. This page will be periodically updated as new providers become available.

# OSS Authentication Providers

The list below is sorted alphabetically.

| Name | Description |
|:--------------|:------------------|
| [AspNet.Security.OpenIdConnect.Server (ASOS)](https://github.com/aspnet-contrib/AspNet.Security.OpenIdConnect.Server) | Low-level/protocol-first OpenID Connect server framework for ASP.NET Core and OWIN/Katana |
| [IdentityServer4](https://identityserver.io/) | OpenID Connect and OAuth 2.0 framework for ASP.NET Core - officially certified by the OpenID Foundation and under governance of the .NET Foundation |
| [OpenIddict](https://github.com/openiddict/openiddict-core) | Easy-to-use OpenID Connect server for ASP.NET Core  |
| [PwdLess](https://github.com/pwdless/pwdless) | Simple, stateless, passwordless authentication for ASP.NET Core  |

To get your provider added here [edit this page](https://github.com/login?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Faspnet%2FDocs%2Fedit%2Fmaster%2Faspnetcore%2Fsecurity%2Fauthentication%2Fcommunity.md).