authentik vs starlight
authentik and starlight share 6 technologies: yaml, unified, unist-util-visit, remark-directive, hast-util-to-html, and hastscript. authentik is written in Python and starlight in TypeScript.
What they share and what sets them apart
goauthentik
authentik
The authentication glue you need.
Python26.3kRead on November 8, 2026, at commit f145b3bWhat is authentik built with?Only in authentik
- Django
- axum
- Gorilla
django-storages
psycopg
- ldap3
- Postgres
- sqlx
- moka
github.com/jellydator/ttlcache/v3
- Sentry
djangorestframework
- Tokio
- axum-server
- tower
- axum-extra
uvicorn
- React
- Vite
- Lit
- lit-html
- django-postgres-extra
- argon2-cffi
- bcrypt
- cryptography
- pyjwt
github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3
- jsonwebtoken
webauthn
- jwcrypto
fido2
github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5
github.com/gorilla/securecookie
requests-oauthlib
- zxcvbn
lxml
- defusedxml
askama
- dacite
- Pydantic
msgspec
opentelemetry-api
opentelemetry-instrumentation-asgi
opentelemetry-propagator-b3
structlog
tracing
- github.com/sirupsen/logrus
- Prometheus
kubernetes
- docker
- metrics
- console-subscriber
- django-prometheus
- github.com/grafana/pyroscope-go
- Gunicorn
- metrics-exporter-prometheus
- OpenTelemetry
opentelemetry-instrumentation-django
opentelemetry-instrumentation-psycopg
opentelemetry-instrumentation-requests
opentelemetry-instrumentation-threading
opentelemetry-sdk
tracing-error
tracing-subscriber
- pino
pino-pretty
- @codemirror/theme-one-dark
@patternfly/patternfly
- Chart.js
- MapLibre
- Mermaid
- @mermaid-js/layout-elk
@protomaps/basemaps
@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs
chartjs-adapter-date-fns
- CodeMirror
rapidoc
- country-flag-icons
- remark
remark-gfm
- remark-parse
- dompurify
rehype-highlight
rehype-stringify
remark-frontmatter
@webcomponents/template
In common
withastro
starlight
🌟 Build beautiful, accessible, high-performance documentation websites with Astro
TypeScript9.6kRead on November 14, 2026, at commit 6282133What is starlight built with?Only in starlight
- Astro
@docsearch/css
@docsearch/js
@astrojs/markdoc
astro-expressive-code
satteri
astrojs
- hast-util-select
hast-util-to-string
- mdast-util-directive
- mdast-util-to-markdown
- hast-util-format
- mdast-util-to-string
- ultrahtml
vfile
Side by side
authentikstarlight
SizeLines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
authentik573,889 lines written3,221 code files
starlight31,765 lines written156 code files
Who writes itA commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
authentik0.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, and Cursor
starlight0.2% of its commits signed by AIWith Claude Code and Cursor
ActivityFrom GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
authentikLast push November 8, 202624,689 commits26,270 stars
starlightLast push November 13, 20263,876 commits9,584 stars
TestsThe files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.
authentik655 test files13.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
starlight158 test files43.6% of its code files have a test that imports them
Frequently asked questions
Which is bigger, authentik or starlight?
authentik, with 573,889 lines written; starlight has 31,765.
Which has more GitHub stars, authentik or starlight?
authentik, with 26,270 stars; starlight has 9,584.
The proof: goauthentik/authentik on GitHub
Which has more tests, authentik or starlight?
authentik, with 655 test files; starlight has 158.
Which was updated more recently, authentik or starlight?
starlight: its last push was on November 13, 2026, and authentik's on November 8, 2026.
The proof: withastro/starlight's commits on GitHub
Which has more commits signed by AI, authentik or starlight?
In both, an AI signed 0.2% of their commits.
The proof: the commits each tool signed in goauthentik/authentik
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