An OIDC/PKCE bridge for Windows desktop applications.
Modern identity works best when the browser and identity provider handle the sign-in. Beanstalk lets desktop applications use that model without embedding protocol complexity into every legacy codebase.
Desktop applications need modern login, but not every application should become an identity client.
OIDC and PKCE are the right direction for modern sign-in, but many desktop applications were not designed around browser redirects, local callbacks, token lifetimes or claim validation.
Implementing this repeatedly inside older codebases can be risky, inconsistent and hard to maintain.
Beanstalk centralises the protocol work in one broker and gives the application a simpler contract.
The flow in plain terms
- The application asks Beanstalk to authenticate the user for a named environment or provider configuration.
- Beanstalk starts the OIDC authorisation flow using the user’s browser and PKCE, then receives the result through a local callback.
- Beanstalk validates the returned identity and provides the application with the user information it needs to continue.
Why a broker is cleaner
- Protocol details are implemented once instead of scattered across multiple applications and versions.
- Provider-specific configuration can be managed separately from the application’s business code.
- Older applications can use modern authentication patterns without changing their entire architecture.
What the application still owns
- The application decides whether the authenticated identity is allowed to use the system.
- The application controls user mapping, internal roles, licence checks and business permissions.
- Beanstalk supplies the verified identity result and stays deliberately narrow.
Find out whether your application is a good candidate.
Tell us the application technology, current login method, identity provider and deployment model. We can usually tell quickly whether Beanstalk is a practical fit, what would need to change, and where the integration risk sits.