About Us.

Founded in Switzerland by identity and infrastructure veterans, Zitadel emerged from a simple observation: enterprise identity management had become a barrier to innovation rather than an enabler. Our team combines decades of experience from enterprise software and open source communities. We are committed to our open source community; by building Zitadel transparently, we ensure that no organization gets locked into proprietary systems that don't evolve with their needs. Our 10k+ stars and 200+ contributors prove that the developer community is hungry for identity infrastructure that works the way they work.

We believe identity management is foundational infrastructure — like databases or web servers — and should be available as open, extensible, and community-driven software. Our mission extends beyond building a product; we're fostering an ecosystem where developers, security professionals, and operators can collaborate without vendor constraints. Every line of code we write, every architectural decision we make, and every community interaction we have serves one goal: ensuring that identity complexity never again slows down innovation.