September 2024 Summaries

Authentik is a Public Benefit Company (PBC) dedicated to open source software development and providing secure authentication solutions. As a PBC, they focus on benefiting users and community members who implement their products, individuals or companies that contribute to or invest in them, the security and stability of broader systems and environments, and their team members. Their commitments include prioritizing the development of new open source features, addressing security concerns openly and rapidly, and maintaining transparency in coding, testing, and security work. The company has achieved significant success with over 287,000 unique installations and contributions from 200 human contributors.

authentik has released version 2024.8 of its open-source Identity Provider, which adds support for property mappings from external sources like Google and GitHub, custom attributes with the RADIUS provider, SAML encryption for both source and provider, and simplified LDAP search permissions. The update also introduces RBAC support for blueprints and Terraform, a new GeoIP-based policy, and UX/DX enhancements such as dual-select and paginated search results displays. Users should review the 2024.8 Release Notes for potential manual changes required due to these updates.