authelia/docs/index.md

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# Home

*It has never been so easy to secure your applications with Single Sign-On
and Two-Factor.*


With **Authelia** you can login once and get access to all your web apps
safely from the Web thanks to two-factor authentication.

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  <img src="./images/1FA.png" width="400" />
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**Authelia** is an open source authentication and authorization server
protecting modern web applications by collaborating with reverse proxies
such as NGINX, Traefik and HAProxy. Consequently, no code is required to
protect your apps.

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  <img src="./images/archi.png"/>
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Multiple 2-factor methods are available for satisfying every users.

* Time-based One-Time passwords with [Google Authenticator].
* Security Keys with tokens like [Yubikey].
* Push notifications on your mobile using [Duo].

**Authelia** is available as Docker images, static binaries and AUR packages
so that you can test it in minutes. Let's begin with the
[Getting Started](./getting-started.md).


## However, Authelia...

* is not an OAuth or OpenID Connect provider yet.
* is not a SAML provider yet.
* does not support authentication against an OAuth or OpenID Connect provider yet.
* does not support authentication against a SAML provider yet.
* does not support using hardware devices as single factor.
* does not provide a PAM module yet.


[Duo]: https://duo.com/
[Yubikey]: https://www.yubico.com/products/yubikey-hardware/yubikey4/
[Google Authenticator]: https://google-authenticator.com/