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Authelia vs Hatchet

A side-by-side editorial comparison of Authelia and Hatchet — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.

Authelia vs Hatchet: at a glance

FeatureAutheliaHatchet
SectorInfra & APIsInfra & APIs
Velocity score5.06.3
Sparks · 30d00
Top themesauth, oidc, self-hosted, securitydurable execution, serverless, task queues, rate limiting
Last editorial update1mo ago14h ago
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What is Authelia?

Authelia's 4.39.x series is a continuous patch stream: five releases in nine days, no new features

Authelia is in a sustained maintenance phase on the 4.39.x branch. The project has shipped at least five releases since September 8 — all bug-fix patches targeting OIDC conformance, web UI edge cases, SMTP IPv6, Envoy authz path handling, and storage correctness. The release cadence is high but the content is narrow: there is no visible feature investment in the recent window.

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What is Hatchet?

Hatchet takes durable tasks serverless, with handlers for Cloudflare Workers, Vercel and Node.

Hatchet's new @hatchet-dev/serverless 0.1.0 runs tasks on Cloudflare Workers, Vercel and Node. An in-engine operator delivers them by signed POST or by an invocation websocket that also carries durable sleeps, waits and child runs. Around it, the engine shipped three patches in a day: DAG replays no longer take an advisory lock, worker shutdown now waits for durable tasks, and status queries use partition pruning. The API now declares 429 with Retry-After on every authenticated call.

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Authelia vs Hatchet: editorial side-by-side

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Authelia
INFRA · APIS
5.0

Authelia's 4.39.x series is a continuous patch stream: five releases in nine days, no new features

◆ Current state

Authelia is in a sustained maintenance phase on the 4.39.x branch. The project has shipped at least five releases since September 8 — all bug-fix patches targeting OIDC conformance, web UI edge cases, SMTP IPv6, Envoy authz path handling, and storage correctness. The release cadence is high but the content is narrow: there is no visible feature investment in the recent window.

◆ Where it's heading

The pattern across these releases is OIDC stabilization — multiple entries address consent handling, resource indicators, and JWT grant correctness. Authelia appears to be closing out conformance gaps accumulated during earlier 4.39.x development rather than adding surface area. The active committer footprint is small (primarily @james-d-elliott), which keeps the pace sustainable but limits breadth.

◆ Prediction

Given the absence of feature releases since well before May 2026, a 4.40.x or 5.0 branch with new capabilities is likely being developed in parallel. The current stream is support-mode maintenance.

H
Hatchet
INFRA · APIS
6.3

Hatchet takes durable tasks serverless, with handlers for Cloudflare Workers, Vercel and Node.

◆ Current state

Hatchet's new @hatchet-dev/serverless 0.1.0 runs tasks on Cloudflare Workers, Vercel and Node. An in-engine operator delivers them by signed POST or by an invocation websocket that also carries durable sleeps, waits and child runs. Around it, the engine shipped three patches in a day: DAG replays no longer take an advisory lock, worker shutdown now waits for durable tasks, and status queries use partition pruning. The API now declares 429 with Retry-After on every authenticated call.

◆ Where it's heading

Until now, running Hatchet meant running long-lived workers. The serverless package removes that requirement, so durable execution can run where JavaScript teams already deploy. The engine work points the same way: rate limits declared in the spec, safer worker acks, cheaper status queries. Patch cadence is still very high, often several engine tags a day, and much of it fixes durable-task edge cases.

◆ Prediction

Expect quick 0.1.x serverless releases as early users hit edge cases on each platform, and possibly matching Python handlers. More engine patches on durable-task shutdown and replay are likely.

Alternatives to Authelia and Hatchet

Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Authelia or Hatchet.

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Recent activity from Authelia and Hatchet

Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.

  1. 20h agoHatchetHatchet v0.115.0: contributor list update, no product notes
  2. 22h agoHatchetHatchet v0.114.15 fixes migration deadlocks
  3. 23h agoHatchetHatchet v0.114.14 builds its own continuous aggregates
  4. 1d agoHatchetHatchet v0.114.13 quiets noisy DAG operator errors
  5. 1d agoHatchetPython SDK 1.43.2 parses 429 rate-limit errors
  6. 1d agoHatchetHatchet v0.114.12 adds a Concurrency dashboard page
  7. 1mo agoAutheliaAuthelia v4.39.28 patch release
  8. 1mo agoAutheliav4.39.27
  9. 1mo agoAutheliav4.39.26
  10. 1mo agoAutheliav4.39.25
  11. 1mo agoAutheliav4.39.24
  12. 1mo agoAutheliav4.39.23

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between Authelia and Hatchet?

They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Hatchet is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.

Is Authelia better than Hatchet?

Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Hatchet is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.

What are the best alternatives to Authelia?

Top Authelia alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Authelia alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/authelia for the full list with editorial commentary on each.

What are the best alternatives to Hatchet?

Top Hatchet alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Hatchet alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/hatchet for the full list with editorial commentary on each.