14 products Sparkpulse tracks are shipping around authentication. The highest-velocity authentication products right now are mod_auth_openidc, GLAuth and Sonarr (ranked by Sparkpulse's velocity score). The theme runs across 5 sectors, so the momentum you see here is drawn from products competing in different corners of the market. Their velocity scores span 0.0 to 6.3 out of 10, a spread that shows how unevenly shipping cadence is distributed across the field. Below: every tracked product carrying this theme, updated from release data. Everything on this page is regenerated from verified release data, so the ranking reflects the latest changelogs rather than a static list.
#01mod_auth_openidcmod_auth_openidc keeps hardening its own attack surface, one audited subsystem at a time6.3alternatives →#02GLAuthA small LDAP server that grew OpenTelemetry tracing, embedded plugins and RISC-V builds.5.0alternatives →#03SonarrSonarr 5.0 builds add Trakt Smart Lists, OIDC Remember Me and more accessibility fixes.5.0alternatives →#04GeoServerGeoServer patches three branches at once, with the new work reserved for the 3.0 line5.0alternatives →#05Virto CommerceVirto Commerce opens two-factor sign-in to extensions after its Admin UI refresh.5.0alternatives →#06KindePassword sign-in can now fall back to a one-time email code.2.5alternatives →#07CoolifyAfter four quiet months, Coolify's v4.4 candidate arrives carrying single sign-on.2.5alternatives →#08StytchNow inside Twilio, Stytch's independent cadence has slowed to a trickle.2.5alternatives →#09FusionAuthFusionAuth adds RFC 8707 resource-scoped tokens while most recent changelogs surface only upgrade boilerplate.2.5alternatives →#10UptrendsSynthetic monitoring built for people who script their checks, not click them.2.5alternatives →#11LiveKitLiveKit keeps hardening its real-time core, this time tightening TURN auth.2.5alternatives →#12SolidInvoiceSolidInvoice finally shipped the 3.0 it spent a year staging in alphas and betas.0.0alternatives →#13HankoHanko ships Firebase migration support and tightens session management — targeting auth stack replacements.0.0alternatives →#14ClerkClerk is building auth for machines: API keys, a CLI agents can drive, per-verification pricing.0.0alternatives →
Frequently asked questions about authentication
Which SaaS tools ship authentication in 2026?
mod_auth_openidc, GLAuth, Sonarr, GeoServer, Virto Commerce, and 9 more — the authentication products Sparkpulse tracks, ranked by shipping velocity from verified changelogs.
Which authentication product has the highest shipping velocity?
mod_auth_openidc, with the top velocity score (6.3/10) — Sparkpulse's velocity score is derived from verified release data.
How many products are shipping around authentication?
Sparkpulse currently tracks 14 products carrying the authentication theme, updated continuously from verified release data.