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Welcome to the Ory Developer Portal

Ory gives you authentication, authorization, and user management APIs designed for modern applications.

Start fast, scale to millions, and keep security best practices baked in.

How to use the Ory Developer Portal

Not sure where to start? Follow our guided paths—structured journeys that walk you through Ory's products and solutions so you can learn and build faster. Or ask our AI assistant for help with your specific use case.

How to design your Ory solution

Every Ory implementation starts with these decisions—how to deploy, which products to use, and what framework or language to build with. Start here to find the right combination for your use case.

Choose your deployment option

Choose the deployment option that fits your organization and build secure IAM into your apps. You can switch later—the core concepts stay the same.

Ory Network

Fully managed, multi-regional cloud platform for identity management, authentication, and authorization. Ory handles infrastructure, scaling, and updates — you focus on your app.

Ory Enterprise License

Deploy and operate the Ory ecosystem on your own infrastructure while retaining full control over your data and environment. Includes enterprise production support.

Ory Open Source

Community-driven, open-source identity management, authentication, and authorization. Deploy on your own infrastructure with complete access to the codebase.

Pick your Ory products

Answer a few questions about your IAM requirements, and we'll recommend the right products for your solution. Select an option below to see your solution diagram.

Select your framework or language

Already building with a specific framework or language? Pick your stack and follow the quickstart example for that framework/language.

1`npm install @ory/elements-react @ory/nextjs`

Start building with Ory

Starting fresh or migrating? Find your path to production.

Ory ecosystem & architecture

Understand the core building blocks and architecture.

Install from green-field

Replace your home-grown IAM solution with Ory, fully or partially.

Migrate to Ory

Plan your migration to Ory.

Explore Ory's supporting components and resources

Learn about the components and resources that complement Ory's core products.

Ory Console

Sign up to Ory Network's central console to set up projects, manage users, and configure authentication and authorization flows. Monitor, manage, and develop — all in one place.

Ory Account Experience

Learn about Ory Network's default UI for self-service registration, login, verification, recovery, and account settings flows. A polished authentication experience out-of-the-box — no frontend work required.

Ory Elements

Learn how to use Ory's pre-built, customizable UI components to build your own self-service registration, login, recovery, and account settings flows.

Ory Actions

Learn how to add custom business logic to authentication and authorization flows. Automate event-driven, and integrate third-party services like HubSpot, Google Analytics, and Stripe.

Operations

Learn how to operate and maintain Ory in production.

Status and SLA

Check operational status and uptime for Ory's services.

Changelog

Track changes and updates to Ory products and components.

Ory Docs MCP Server

Configure your AI assistant to search and retrieve Ory documentation in real time.

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