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authentik vs onemap
A side-by-side editorial comparison of authentik and onemap — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
authentik vs onemap: at a glance
What is authentik?
authentik 2026.8 ships: Actors, domain-joined Agents, and a push past browser-mediated SSO
2026.8.0 is out, closing a seven-candidate train that ran through early August. The GA tag itself is the last cherry-pick batch — SCIM group membership removals, a proxy redirect that preserves query strings, session deletion on user deactivation — but the release it finalizes is where the substance lives: an Actors primitive in core, an enterprise Agent requiring a domain join and its own API scope, OAuth2 token exchange delegation, and a CAS source integration.
What is onemap?
A genetic-mapping mainstay that now points new users toward MAPpoly at load time
OneMap constructs genetic linkage maps for experimental crosses, and its 3.x line turned it into a hub in a wider mapping toolchain: export functions for VIEWpoly and QTLpoly, summary and interactive ordering functions adapted from MAPpoly, and retention of reference and alternative allele information from imported VCFs. The most recent release, 3.2.0 in January 2025, adds an announcement about MAPpoly to the README and the package load message, fixes a subscript-out-of-bounds warning in rf_2pts and refreshes vignettes and tests.
authentik vs onemap: editorial side-by-side
authentik
6.3INFRA · APIS
authentik 2026.8 ships: Actors, domain-joined Agents, and a push past browser-mediated SSO
◆ Current state
2026.8.0 is out, closing a seven-candidate train that ran through early August. The GA tag itself is the last cherry-pick batch — SCIM group membership removals, a proxy redirect that preserves query strings, session deletion on user deactivation — but the release it finalizes is where the substance lives: an Actors primitive in core, an enterprise Agent requiring a domain join and its own API scope, OAuth2 token exchange delegation, and a CAS source integration.
◆ Where it's heading
Two threads converge in this major. The identity surface keeps broadening at the protocol edge — CAS, WS-Fed, token exchange delegation, on-behalf-of — while the enterprise tier grows an endpoint story that reaches machines and devices rather than browser sessions. The RC train's shape reinforces it: six candidates fired in one day on CI and docs, then one heavy candidate carrying the features, then a fix-only close. That is release engineering hardened around a major, not a routine point release.
◆ Prediction
With Agents and Actors now GA rather than cherry-picks, the next branch should build out what they enable — device-conditioned policies or agent-brokered credentials — while 2026.8.x settles into backport patches.
onemap
0.0INFRA · APIS
A genetic-mapping mainstay that now points new users toward MAPpoly at load time
◆ Current state
OneMap constructs genetic linkage maps for experimental crosses, and its 3.x line turned it into a hub in a wider mapping toolchain: export functions for VIEWpoly and QTLpoly, summary and interactive ordering functions adapted from MAPpoly, and retention of reference and alternative allele information from imported VCFs. The most recent release, 3.2.0 in January 2025, adds an announcement about MAPpoly to the README and the package load message, fixes a subscript-out-of-bounds warning in rf_2pts and refreshes vignettes and tests.
◆ Where it's heading
Versions 3.0.0 and 3.1.0 were driven by a benchmarking preprint on genotyping-by-sequencing best practice, and their content follows directly: marker filtering from two-point estimates, memory reduction after filtering, and optimisation of find_bins and map_avoid_unlinked. What has happened since is signposting rather than capability — a package that spent two releases integrating with MAPpoly now tells users about it every time it loads. The pre-3.0 tags are backfilled, with versions 2.3 through 2.7 sharing a single August 2021 timestamp, so their order carries no information.
◆ Prediction
The load-message announcement suggests attention is flowing toward the MAPpoly side of the toolchain; expect maintenance and compatibility releases here rather than new mapping algorithms.
Alternatives to authentik and onemap
Other Infra & APIs products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either authentik or onemap.
Kinsta
Kinsta is moving MyKinsta's controls into its API, one surface per month
Verdaccio
Verdaccio's 7.0 line is subtraction — forks dropped, toolchain swapped, tags mostly empty
ToolJet
Observability lands on OpenTelemetry semconv in the LTS train
Honeycomb
Canvas agents gain memory, and onboarding moves into the editor
GitHub
Security and governance controls catch up to the Copilot build-out
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Recent activity from authentik and onemap
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 1d agoauthentikauthentik 2026.8 goes GA with Actors and domain-joined Agents ⚡
- 9d agoauthentikauthentik 2026.8.0-rc7 lands Actors, enterprise Agents, and CAS sources
- 16d agoauthentik2026.8.0-rc6: flaky test and CI metadata fixes
- 16d agoauthentik2026.8.0-rc5: release plumbing only
- 16d agoauthentik2026.8.0-rc4: fix-only candidate
- 16d agoauthentik2026.8.0-rc3: cherry-picked fixes and CI work
- 1y agoonemapMAPpoly announcement added to README and load message
- 3y agoonemapExports to VIEWpoly and QTLpoly; marker ordering and map summaries
- 3y agoonemapTwo-point marker filtering and memory reduction
- 4y agoonemapPSOCK and FORK parallelization choice; vcfR as an import
- 5y agoonemaphmm=FALSE option for ordering algorithms
- 5y agoonemapMDSMap dependency removed
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between authentik and onemap?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. authentik is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is authentik better than onemap?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. authentik is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 0.0), with 1 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Infra & APIs products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to authentik?
Top authentik alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "authentik alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/authentik for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to onemap?
Top onemap alternatives in Infra & APIs are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "onemap alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/onemap for the full list with editorial commentary on each.