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Add support for external user authentication (LDAP, social media etc.)

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
django, python
Domain
authentication, backend

Research direction

Start by reviewing Patchwork’s existing authentication setup, then read the linked python-social-auth and django-auth-ldap resources to compare possible integration approaches. Done means users can authenticate through configurable external backends such as LDAP, GitHub, or other social providers.

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Description

enhancement

It would be great to be able to have patchwork be able authenticate users using custom backends such as LDAP, Github or any other social media.

Stephen indicated a few useful resources:

https://python-social-auth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/configuration/django.html
https://pythonhosted.org/django-auth-ldap/

Dominant language
Python
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