create-authenik8-app

Generate a secure Express API or a connected React + Express application from one CLI.

Authenik8 provides production-minded identity flows, stateful JWT rotation, Redis-backed sessions, Prisma, OAuth, and a complete fullstack application preset.

See a real generated project in [create-authenik8-app-example](https://github.com/COD434/create-authenik8-app-example).

Quickstart

npx create-authenik8-app my-app

Choose the fullstack application for a connected React and Express project, or select one of the focused Express API presets. Start with the quickstart guide for requirements and generated-project commands.

Documentation

Create and maintain projects

• Quickstart
• Non-interactive generation
• Project diagnostics
• Local security dashboard
• Operational auth maintenance
• Post-generation recipes
• Upgrade planning and CI policy
• CLI reference

Choose an application shape

• Presets
• Fullstack App Kit
• Lovable frontend integration
• Core authentication features
• Why create-authenik8-app
• Requirements

Configure authentication

• Environment variables
• RBAC example
• Identity Engine
• Using authenik8-core
• Threat model

Operate and evaluate

• Testing
• Production enhancements
• Authenik8 compared with Passport.js
• Project notes
• Roadmap

Contributing and support

• Contributing
• Testing this repository
• Security policy
• Code of conduct
• Changelog