🆚 IndieAuth vs. OpenID
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 OpenID is much more popular than IndieAuth.
- 🌍 OpenID is more popular in all countries.
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IndieAuth is a decentralized identity protocol built on top of OAuth 2.0.
OpenID is a decentralized authentication protocol based on OAuth 2.0 that enables applications to verify a user's identity through an external identity provider instead of managing credentials directly.
It adds an identity layer on top of OAuth by issuing ID tokens that confirm who the user is, supports single sign-on across multiple services, and allows retrieval of basic profile information.
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- ⬆️ 43rd most popular in the United Kingdom in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 46th most popular in Germany in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 50th most popular in the United States in the Standards category.
- 🔥 15th most popular in Uruguay in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Ukraine in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Thailand in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Israel in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Nepal in the Standards category.
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