Market map / Verifiable credentials & decentralized ID
walt.id
Open-source decentralized identity and wallet infrastructure for developers.
- Category
- Open-source identity & wallet infrastructure
- Lane
- Verifiable credentials & decentralized ID
- Founded
- 2021
- Ownership
- Private; open-source company
- HQ
- Vienna, Austria
Summary
An open-source (Apache 2) stack for decentralized identity and wallets: DID operations, verifiable credential issuance and verification, and wallet infrastructure, available self-hosted or as managed cloud. Used by tens of thousands of developers.
Best for
Developers wanting an open, inspectable VC and wallet stack to self-host or run managed.
Consider if
You want a fully managed turnkey product with no open-source operation.
Strengths
- Fully open source (Apache 2)
- Self-host or managed SaaS
- Broad developer adoption
Considerations
- Self-hosting carries ops responsibility
- Younger commercial offering