Free software library to have login system like Janrain Engage (formerly RPX) [closed]

Question

Janrain Engage (formerly RPX) seems very nice but is there something similar but under freesoftware?

Answer 1

I've just been Googling for exactly the same thing...

HybridAuth seems to be the best open-source option I've found so far. http://hybridauth.sourceforge.net/

Other free options: (as of May 2012)

• OmniAuth - open-source library for Ruby (on Github)
• Research all the APIs and maintain your own library (in my opinion, maintaining more than 2 or 3 is going to get hairy! Facebook, especially, love changing their API every few months.)

Commercial options free while in beta:

• LoginRadius - free during their private beta but may be commercial in future
• OneAll - free during public beta, later moving to free for first 1,000 users each year, then 1.7-4.3 cents per new user

Other commercial options:

• Lanoba - free for first 5,000 new users each year, then 1-4 cents per user after that
• Gigya - no pricing on their website it seems, but from this page: free for first 1,000 users and for evaluation, then a whopping $1200-1700 per month (includes implementation design work and 24/7 technical support). Probably only worthwhile for very high-trafficked sites.
• And to compare, JanRain Engage is free for first 2,500 users each year, then 2-10 cents per user after that

ClickPass might be another interesting one to watch, although it's not currently available while it's being redeveloped.

Of course, some of these companies offer far more than the social-single-sign-on, including advanced analytics and user data aggregation. But for those of us just wanting a simple login solution, hopefully that helps summarise it.

This article might also help: Decoding Social Login Pricing [socialmediatoday.com]

And some other interesting stats... [monetate.com]

http://monetate.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Monetate_SocialSharingLogins-620x1409.png

Answer 2

The silence means: NO :) It would be strange if there were any comparable Open Source competitors, because it would mean that Janrain is literally riping off their customers. And because their customer base is rapidly expanding, it probably means that those customers find there a fair amount of value.

Answer 3

i found gigya.com, but it's also commercial

Answer 4

You can have the GUI: http://code.google.com/p/openid-selector/

Backend implementation would involve integration of various PHP snippets found all over the web: OpenID client impl, Facebook PHP SDK, LinkedIn OAuth

If you are using Drupal, it has all the modules, plus GUI: http://drupal.org/project/openid_selector