Show HN: AuthForge – open-source auth for AI agents (early preview)

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5 months ago

Hi HN,

I'm building AuthForge - authentication infrastructure for AI agents. Early preview at https://auth-forge-web-two.vercel.app

: When AI agents need to access your tools (Slack, GitHub, Jira), how do you handle auth? Current options are expensive proprietary platforms or DIY OAuth with security risks.

: - Zitadel for identity/SSO - Ory Hydra for OAuth 2.1 (MCP-specific flows) - Cerbos for policy engine (time/context-based rules) - HashiCorp Vault for token management - All Apache 2.0 licensed

Is this overengineered? Should I start with just basic OAuth + agent registry and add complexity later? Or is the enterprise stack necessary from day 1?

Background: 15+ years building infrastructure. Currently building AI agents and hitting auth pain points that existing solutions don't address.

: https://github.com/ashishjsharda/authforge First docker-compose stack: ~2 weeks

Looking for honest technical feedback. Thanks!