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Protekt Documentation

Overview​

Welcome to Protekt, a secure and developer-friendly authentication as a service platform designed to help you add modern authentication to your applications with minimal effort.

Whether you’re building a web app, mobile app, or API service, Protekt provides the tools you need to:

  • Authenticate users securely using OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), or JWTs.
  • Support popular sign-in methods such as email & password, social logins (Google, GitHub, LinkedIn), and passwordless authentication.
  • Manage users, sessions, and permissions at scale with built-in role-based access control (RBAC).

Protekt is built for developers who want reliable, secure, and easy-to-integrate authentication without reinventing the wheel.

Why Use Protekt?​

  • Implement Authentication Quickly: Go from sign-up to a working login system in minutes with our SDKs and pre-built UI components.

  • Security and Compliance: Protekt meets SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and CCPA requirements. It includes password hashing, breach detection, and secure infrastructure management.

  • Support for Scale: Handles applications from small startups to millions of users, with a global edge network providing sub-50ms response times. Includes tenant management, role-based access control (RBAC), and SAML SSO.

  • Developer Tools: Choose from Protekt’s pre-built login pages for speed, or fully customize your authentication flow to match your product’s experience.

Use Cases​

  • SaaS Applications: Supports social login (Google, GitHub), email verification, and Stripe integration for user onboarding.
  • Mobile Apps: Offers iOS/Android SDKs with biometric authentication and offline token storage.
  • Enterprise: Includes SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, and audit logging for compliance.
  • APIs & Microservices: Provides stateless JWT validation and permission controls for service-to-service authentication.

Quick Start​

  1. Sign up for a Protekt account at dashboard.protekt.dev
  2. Create a project in the dashboard to get your unique CLIENT_ID and CLIENT_SECRET.
  3. Install the SDK for your platform (JavaScript, Python, or Node.js).
npm install @protekt/auth
  1. Add authentication to your app in just a few lines of code:
import { ProtektAuth } from "@protekt/auth";

const auth = new ProtektAuth({
  clientId: process.env.PROTEKT_CLIENT_ID,
  redirectUri: "http://localhost:3000/callback",
});

// Redirect users to Protekt login
auth.login();
  1. Done! Your app is now secured with Protekt.

Next Steps​