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OpenAI uses open source Ory to authenticate over 400M weekly active users

by aeneas_ory on 3/20/25, 5:08 PM with 34 comments

• by apitman on 3/20/25, 6:10 PM

  From what I can tell, Ory is a high quality auth stack capable of scaling up.

  If you're looking for something a bit simpler to work with for indiehosting use cases, I maintain a list here:

  https://github.com/lastlogin-net/obligator?tab=readme-ov-fil...

• by mintplant on 3/20/25, 5:42 PM

  Funny, OpenAI is one site where I've noticed that the login is kinda wonky. Every so often it just randomly fails, gets stuck, gets caught in a redirect loop... That may not be Ory's fault, but unfortunately this may not be the ringing endorsement they were hoping for.

• by doctorpangloss on 3/20/25, 6:08 PM

  Maybe you guys should make it possible to add passwords to any account, including a Google authed one.

  Like I get Keycloak is complicated but it is also very useful.

• by advaitruia on 3/20/25, 10:33 PM

  Could you clarify what OpenAI actually uses Ory for? Their main login page is powered by Auth0

• by aidenesco on 3/20/25, 5:40 PM

  Does anyone here have experience with Ory products and Google Cloud?

  Easy enough to set up CloudSQL with Postgres and run the Ory software on Cloud Run? Any weird issues/hiccups?

• by oulipo on 3/20/25, 6:05 PM

  Is the full auth suite open-source, and can it be hosted locally? Would be nice to add a Dokploy plugin!

• by gtirloni on 3/20/25, 6:37 PM

  Apparently Firefox is blocked `Failed to verify your browser - Vercel Security Checkpoint`.

• by njintje on 3/21/25, 9:19 AM

  Did they only switch recently? I remember seeing Auth0 a few months ago.