I think Clerk looks great but it starts to get quite expensive if MFA is a requirement. Do you have 2FA/MFA in your roadmap?
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
In theory yes — actually, we already are an OAuth provider behind the scenes — though we haven't documented this anywhere yet. What would you use it for?
If I'm going to reach for a 3rd party auth provider like this, I want to be able to use it across all of my potential properties. For example a Discourse forum, or a Shopify store, etc.
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#44As someone who came from Auth0 and god-awful Amazon Cognito, we've been using FusionAuth for years. Their APIs and SDKs have been amazing to work with. They even have a lambda feature to add additional logic around certain workflows or adding claims to your JWTs. https://fusionauth.io It does what Auth0 does but significantly more cheaper and you can also self-host if you want. I built the Pulimi plugin for it which…
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#45I think Clerk looks great but it starts to get quite expensive if MFA is a requirement. Do you have 2FA/MFA in your roadmap?
I've literally been building this right now, currently doing E2E tests! Should be done by end of the week. (and it'll be free for everyone)
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#46What does dual licensing AGPL/MIT do? Isn’t the MIT license more permissive in all cases?
Our clients are MIT, our servers are AGPL.
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#47How does it compare?
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#48Wait, what? Do you role your crypto to handle standard auth flows? Is this some machine generated text?
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#50Can I enable the social login with this tool directly, without manually creating and setting up the "app"/"project" on those social platforms?
But it will show our name and logo, and we limit shared key usage to a few users per project, so we highly recommend you set up your own keys before going into production. (The dashboard will let you know in time.)