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Every business starts with an idea, followed by the challenge of picking the right tech stack. In a crowded field where choosing the right technology is key yet time-consuming, starter kits help you focus on building your idea rather than reinventing the basics. That’s why we’re announcing the WorkOS-built Next.js B2B Starter Kit today.

We often think of auth as a binary decision—allowed or denied—but what if you want to factor in private knowledge or custom logic at runtime? Actions let you change how WorkOS behaves and customize user registration and authentication logic with AuthKit. Actions are also free to all AuthKit customers.

Widgets are ready-made components that provide complete enterprise features with a few lines of code. They are now available for free to all AuthKit customers.

Ever wondered how tools like GitHub's CLI let you authenticate with a single gh auth login command? In this tutorial with companion code repo, we go through the implementation step by step.

Radar enhances AuthKit with powerful security features to protect your application from abuse, fraud, and attacks. It automatically detects authentication patterns that indicate malicious or suspicious behavior and includes six built-in preventions that can be enabled with a single click.

Passkeys allow you to log into your account using biometrics instead of a password. They are now available for free to all AuthKit customers.

Every provider does SCIM differently. If you don't pay attention, the results can be catastrophic. Read about these differences, the challenges that arise from them, and how WorkOS can help you overcome them.

Learn why it is important for SAML certificates to expire and how having a plan in place to handle expiration can avoid downtime.

Learn what social logins are, how they work, and how you can integrate them into your app using WorkOS.

Google Zanzibar is a globally distributed authorization system that manages permissions at scale. Learn how it works and which open source implementations are right for you.

Learn what is user deprovisioning, how it works with SCIM, and how you can implement it with WorkOS.

What is the Okta App Store or Integration Network (OIN), and should you use it?

Learn why Single Sign-On (SSO) is essential, which are the best practices to follow, and how to add SSO to your app using WorkOS.

With RAG and GenAI applications, how can you ensure users only see results from documents they have permission to access? In this runnable tutorial, we demo using WorkOS Fine-Grained Authorization to secure your documents.

A guide on how to model your SaaS using organizations and WorkOS.