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Comparison · Infra & APIs
Authelia vs Jackett
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Authelia and Jackett — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Authelia vs Jackett: at a glance
What is Authelia?
Authelia's 4.39.x series is a continuous patch stream: five releases in nine days, no new features
Authelia is in a sustained maintenance phase on the 4.39.x branch. The project has shipped at least five releases since September 8 — all bug-fix patches targeting OIDC conformance, web UI edge cases, SMTP IPv6, Envoy authz path handling, and storage correctness. The release cadence is high but the content is narrow: there is no visible feature investment in the recent window.
What is Jackett?
Jackett ships a daily build to keep hundreds of torrent indexers working as sites move and close.
Jackett is an open-source proxy that turns hundreds of torrent tracker sites into a single Torznab API for media automation tools. It ships an auto-generated release roughly every day, and nearly every one is indexer upkeep: new domains, category mappings, selector fixes after site redesigns, and removing dead trackers.
Authelia vs Jackett: editorial side-by-side
Authelia
5.0INFRA · APIS
Authelia's 4.39.x series is a continuous patch stream: five releases in nine days, no new features
◆ Current state
Authelia is in a sustained maintenance phase on the 4.39.x branch. The project has shipped at least five releases since September 8 — all bug-fix patches targeting OIDC conformance, web UI edge cases, SMTP IPv6, Envoy authz path handling, and storage correctness. The release cadence is high but the content is narrow: there is no visible feature investment in the recent window.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern across these releases is OIDC stabilization — multiple entries address consent handling, resource indicators, and JWT grant correctness. Authelia appears to be closing out conformance gaps accumulated during earlier 4.39.x development rather than adding surface area. The active committer footprint is small (primarily @james-d-elliott), which keeps the pace sustainable but limits breadth.
◆ Prediction
Given the absence of feature releases since well before May 2026, a 4.40.x or 5.0 branch with new capabilities is likely being developed in parallel. The current stream is support-mode maintenance.
Jackett
5.0INFRA · APIS
Jackett ships a daily build to keep hundreds of torrent indexers working as sites move and close.
◆ Current state
Jackett is an open-source proxy that turns hundreds of torrent tracker sites into a single Torznab API for media automation tools. It ships an auto-generated release roughly every day, and nearly every one is indexer upkeep: new domains, category mappings, selector fixes after site redesigns, and removing dead trackers.
◆ Where it's heading
The work is entirely maintenance. Its value depends on keeping up with a tracker ecosystem where sites change domains and layouts weekly. Where possible, the project is moving definitions to sturdier integrations, such as switching world-of-tomorrow to its Torznab API and retiring trackers that moved to direct downloads.
◆ Prediction
Expect the daily cadence to continue, with more trackers moved to API-based definitions and more dead sites removed. Core changes stay rare.
Alternatives to Authelia and Jackett
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Recent activity from Authelia and Jackett
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 11h agoJackettUATorrent multi-category search disabled
- 13h agoJackettJackett adds UATorrent and Pornorip, bumps three domains
- 1d agoJackettJackett drops ptying and bluebird, bumps core packages
- 2d agoJackettJackett adds binarybay, renames tocashare to sapibr
- 3d agoJackettJackett updates thebrothers categories and v3x engine tag
- 4d agoJackettworld-of-tomorrow moves to Torznab API; ptlao removed
- 1mo agoAutheliaAuthelia v4.39.28 patch release
- 1mo agoAutheliav4.39.27
- 1mo agoAutheliav4.39.26
- 1mo agoAutheliav4.39.25
- 1mo agoAutheliav4.39.24
- 1mo agoAutheliav4.39.23
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Authelia and Jackett?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Authelia and Jackett are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Authelia better than Jackett?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Authelia and Jackett are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Authelia?
Top Authelia alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Authelia alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/authelia for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to Jackett?
Top Jackett alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Jackett alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/jackett for the full list with editorial commentary on each.