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ghr-arash/authnet

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1C#Audience · developerComplexity · 3/5LicenseSetup · moderate

TLDR

A drop-in login and account management package for ASP.NET Core apps, including admin screens, roles, and two-factor login.

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  root((AuthNet))
    What it does
      Login pages
      Password reset
      Two-factor login
      Invitations
    Tech stack
      ASP.NET Core
      PostgreSQL or SQL Server
      Entity Framework Core
    Use cases
      Admin user management
      Role based access
      SPA JSON endpoints
    Audience
      ASP.NET Core developers

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Add sign in, sign up, and password reset pages to an ASP.NET Core app without building them from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Give admins a UI to manage users, roles, and permissions.

USE CASE 3

Turn on two-factor authentication with an authenticator app for user accounts.

USE CASE 4

Let a single-page app frontend talk to the same account system through JSON endpoints.

What is it built with?

C#ASP.NET CorePostgreSQLSQL ServerEntity Framework Core

How does it compare?

ghr-arash/authnetanton-petrov/rsabackdoordarrelmiller/cowpi
Stars111
LanguageC#C#C#
Last pushed2015-01-202017-10-31
MaintenanceDormantDormant
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatehard
Complexity3/53/51/5
Audiencedeveloperresearchergeneral

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Needs a working ASP.NET Core project plus a PostgreSQL or SQL Server database already running.

MIT license: use, modify, and distribute freely, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

AuthNet is a package you add to an ASP.NET Core application to get a full login and account management system without building one yourself. Instead of spending weeks writing sign in, password reset, and admin screens from scratch, you install one package and AuthNet gives you working pages for all of it right away. Once installed, it provides ready-made pages for signing in and out, registering, confirming an email address, resetting a password, changing a password, setting up two-factor login codes, updating a profile, and accepting invitations to join the app. It stores this account data in a PostgreSQL or SQL Server database using ASP.NET Core Identity, the standard login system that ASP.NET Core apps already use. For the people who manage the app rather than use it, AuthNet includes admin screens to view and manage users, assign roles and permissions, send invitations, and review a log of administrative actions that were taken. It also supports letting users sign in through an external identity provider using OpenID Connect, and it exposes JSON endpoints so a single-page app's frontend can talk to the same account system. The README is clear that AuthNet is an early release and intentionally leaves some things out for now: it does not yet support JWT-based logins, text-message login codes, passkeys, or serving multiple separate customer accounts from one install. It is licensed under MIT and distributed as NuGet packages, which is how .NET developers normally install libraries into their projects. Setup requires a working ASP.NET Core project, a PostgreSQL or SQL Server database, and basic familiarity with configuring services in Program.cs, so this is aimed at developers already building in that ecosystem rather than complete beginners.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to install AuthNet.AspNetCore and register it in Program.cs.
Prompt 2
Explain the difference between using PostgreSQL and SQL Server with AuthNet.
Prompt 3
Walk me through setting up an initial administrator account with AuthNet for local development.
Prompt 4
What do I need to change before deploying an AuthNet-based app to production?

Frequently asked questions

What is authnet?

A drop-in login and account management package for ASP.NET Core apps, including admin screens, roles, and two-factor login.

What language is authnet written in?

Mainly C#. The stack also includes C#, ASP.NET Core, PostgreSQL.

What license does authnet use?

MIT license: use, modify, and distribute freely, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is authnet to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is authnet for?

Mainly developer.

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