
User authentication is a fundamental part in every application we use every day. With Fief, we want to bring **the best developer experience for implementing user authentication** in their apps. They shouldn't spend hours reinventing the wheel over and over again and worry about the security of their system.

That's why Fief is not only an authentication server: it's also a set of **well-thought SDK and integrations**, backed by **high-quality documentation**, to help developer integrate Fief into their systems in minutes, with the highest security level.

## Values

Everything we do at Fief is driven by **three core values**, each one feeding each other.


```mermaid
graph LR
    O{Openness}
    S{Security}
    E{Education}
    O --> S
    O --> E
    E --> S
    classDef fiefNode fill:#f43f5e,color:#fff,stroke-width:0
    class O fiefNode
    class S fiefNode
    class E fiefNode
```

### Openness

Fief is built on open-source and **published in open-source**. We believe bricks as fundamental as authentication shouldn't be a black box but **open for everyone** to see, understand and challenge.

👉 **Openness brings Education**

That's also why one of our flagship feature is **Bring Your Own Database**. Even if you use our cloud-hosted version, we believe you should be able to keep in control of where is hosted your data. And it's not a super-expensive "Enterprise" / "Contact us" feature: it's included on every plans!

### Education

As we said, **user authentication shouldn't be a black box**. Even if our goal is to help developers secure their apps in no-time, we want them to better understand how things work, how the different standards are implemented and what is best for their own architecture. That's why our documentation is not only a manual: it's a **learning material**.

If developers better understand security, they'll make better decisions and avoid pitfalls that could lead to vulnerabilities.

👉 **Education brings Security**

### Security

Of course, since our job is to secure apps, we also put all our efforts in making our system as secure as possible by adopting all the **industry good practices**, recommendations and following **RFC standards**.

Since it's **open**, everyone can observe what we're doing, detect vulnerabilities and help us fix them.

👉 **Openness brings Security**


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Our vision and values at Fief