dash-auth
Dash Authorization Package.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need straightforward authentication for a Dash app and can tolerate dormant maintenance. The package is stable and has no known vulnerabilities, but expect no active updates. Choose it for simple internal dashboards or when OIDC integration saves you from building OAuth2 yourself; avoid it if you need active support or frequent security patches.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Python 3.8 or greater is required.
- Low install friction with pure Python dependencies (dash, flask, werkzeug).
- Maintenance is dormant—last release was 878 days ago—so expect no active bug fixes or feature updates, though the package is marked Production/Stable.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license is permissive; you may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2024-03-19 (878 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 122,347 downloads/mo, #11,955 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install dash-auth
from dash import Dash
from dash_auth import BasicAuth
app = Dash(__name__)
USER_PWD = {"username": "password"}
BasicAuth(app, USER_PWD)- Whether dormant maintenance status affects real-world reliability for production Dash deployments.
- How well OIDC integration handles token refresh and session expiry in long-running apps.
- Performance characteristics when protecting many routes or callbacks with group-based permissions.
What it is and what it does
dash-auth is an authentication layer for Plotly Dash applications that integrates HTTP Basic Authentication and OpenID Connect (OIDC) login flows. It wraps your Dash app with login enforcement, allowing you to restrict access by username/password or delegate to an external identity provider. The package sits on top of dash, flask, and werkzeug, intercepting requests before they reach your Dash callbacks and layouts.
You can whitelist public routes (e.g., a landing page) and use decorators like `protected_callback` and `protected` to guard specific parts of your app. It also supports user groups—you can assign users to groups and check group membership in callbacks to implement role-based access control. For OIDC, you register one or more identity providers and the package handles the OAuth2 redirect flow automatically.
Use it for
- Restrict a Dash dashboard to authenticated users with a simple username/password dictionary or custom auth function.
- Delegate login to an enterprise identity provider (e.g., Okta, Azure AD) via OIDC without building OAuth2 yourself.
- Whitelist a public landing page while protecting member-only analytics or reports behind login.
- Implement role-based access by assigning users to groups and checking group membership in callbacks.
- Protect individual callbacks or page sections so only authenticated users with the right group can trigger them.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page. Verify before relying on it.
Yes, if you need straightforward authentication for a Dash app and can tolerate dormant maintenance.
The package is stable and has no known vulnerabilities, but expect no active updates. Choose it for simple internal dashboards or when OIDC integration saves you from building OAuth2 yourself; avoid it if you need active support or frequent security patches.
Install
dash-auth on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with pure Python dependencies (dash, flask, werkzeug). Maintenance is dormant—last release was 878 days ago—so expect no active bug fixes or feature updates, though the package is marked Production/Stable.
Python 3.8 or greater is required.
License in practice
MIT license is permissive; you may use, modify, and distribute this package freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install dash-auth
from dash import Dash
from dash_auth import BasicAuth
app = Dash(__name__)
USER_PWD = {"username": "password"}
BasicAuth(app, USER_PWD)Verify before relying
- Whether dormant maintenance status affects real-world reliability for production Dash deployments.
- How well OIDC integration handles token refresh and session expiry in long-running apps.
- Performance characteristics when protecting many routes or callbacks with group-based permissions.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.8 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagesdashflaskwerkzeug |
| Maintenance | Dormant 878 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 122,347 / month, #11,955 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableEnvironment :: Web EnvironmentFramework :: FlaskIntended Audience :: DevelopersIntended Audience :: EducationIntended Audience :: Financial and Insurance IndustryIntended Audience :: Healthcare IndustryIntended Audience :: ManufacturingIntended Audience :: Science/ResearchLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Database :: Front-EndsTopic :: Office/Business :: Financial :: SpreadsheetTopic :: Scientific/Engineering :: VisualizationTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Application FrameworksTopic :: Software Development :: Widget Sets |
Evidence: dash_auth-2.3.0-py3-none-any.whl
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