Case Study: Kiwix achieves secure, open-source authentication without vendor lock-in with Ory

Kiwix achieves zero auth incidents with Ory

Kiwix, a Swiss nonprofit providing offline access to educational content for over 3 million users, faced a significant challenge with its fragmented legacy authentication system. Each internal platform handled login separately, creating security risks as the organization prepared to open its tools to a wider community. They needed an open-source, European-hosted SaaS solution to avoid vendor lock-in and could find no alternative that met all their requirements except for Ory.

Ory implemented its managed Ory Network SaaS platform to provide Kiwix with a centralized, secure authentication solution. The results included zero authentication incidents post-migration and the elimination of a long-term maintenance burden, as the entire project was completed with just two engineers. By using Ory, Kiwix also ensured its resources directly sponsored the open-source project, aligning with its organizational values.

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