Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.

3recommend
0warn against
Jan 12, 2026first mention
Sep 18, 2026latest mention
Nov 25 – Oct 26
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Why people recommend it

“Authelia wasn't too difficult to set up and manage.”

self-hosterswitched from Cloudflare Accesson “Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?”

“Authelia, Immich, Jellyfin, Fusion, qBittorrent, Memos and Gitea.”

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“setting up https://www.authelia.com/ to achieve the same”

“It is very simple to work with it.”

Caveats and dissent

No one in these comments warned against it.

Often compared with

Who recommends it in their own words

All comments 6

“Authelia wasn't too difficult to set up and manage.”

self-hosterswitched from Cloudflare Accesson “Ask HN: What self-hosted apps do you use daily?”

“Authelia, Immich, Jellyfin, Fusion, qBittorrent, Memos and Gitea.”

“setting up https://www.authelia.com/ to achieve the same”

“It is very simple to work with it.”

“declarative LDAP and SSO integration with LLDAP and Authelia”

Threads where it came up

Data: authelia.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.

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