Did you know? We have refreshed the Logto logo! We simplified the gradients but made our brand color stronger, resulting in improved recognizability.

We are grateful for your participation in testing Logto OSS, and we're excited to announce our first general availability version. In this version, we have delivered numerous improvements to the sign-in experience, making it more delightful for your end-users. This new release also includes several new practical features.

Hi there,

I’m Gao, one of the creators of Logto. I remember feeling nervous last July - that’s the date we launched the first beta version of Logto OSS.

Notable updates include:

• Refactored infrastructure and enhanced security
• Smart Input and Customize CSS added to Sign-in Experience
• Open standard connectors (SAML, OIDC, and OAuth 2.0)
• New language support

Let's take a look at what's inside!

I’ve seen a lot of developers asking questions like “Should I build my own auth for my app?”. While the answer cannot be a simple "Yes" or "No", I’d like to write an article to breakdown the implementation and demonstrate the pros and cons to help you decide.

Background​

In the previous article, we introduced the concept of authentication (AuthN) and authorization (AuthZ), along with some headachy terms: Identity, Organization, Tenant, etc.

Organization and Tenant are great for grouping Identities, but they lead to an absolute democracy: everyone can do anything in this system. While utopia is still a mystery, let’s take a look at the governance of access: Authorization (AuthZ).

🙋 Hey folks!

For the first day of 2023, we shipped a few things for everybody:

• Web hooks, Advanced search API, New connectors
• Admin console enhancement, Refactored Interaction APIs and Audit logs
• New blog posts

In the previous piece, we discussed the development of the Sign-in Experience, and what makes a positive end-user encounter, and we ended on some thought-provoking topics.

1. How can I do this with as little effort as possible using the Logto Admin Console?
2. When compared to currently available market solutions, how does Logto’s configuration experience stand out? Curious to understand why this is the best choice for my business.
3. From a business perspective, how can sign-up be evaluated?
4. What does Logto have in store for future service and product development?

In this article, we'll answer these questions and show you how the Logto Admin Console can help.

Background​

I began the build Logto because I noticed that Identity and Access Management (IAM) had become increasingly complex and expansive over time. The concept of IAM is even large enough to give rise to new concepts, such as WIAM (Workforce IAM) and CIAM (Customer IAM).

While WIAM and CIAM share the same foundation, they have distinct use cases: WIAM is typically used for internal users, while CIAM is used for external customers.

We are thrilled to announce the release of the newest version of the Sign-in Experience, which includes more ways to sign-in and sign-up, as well as a framework that is easier to understand and more flexible to configure in the Admin Console. When compared to Sign-in Experience V1, this version's capability was expanded so that it could support a greater variety of flexible use cases. We hope that this will be able to assist developers in delivering a successful sign-in flow, which will also be appreciated by the end users.