diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ed9f870..95b72a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -194,6 +194,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "axum-login"
+version = "0.18.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "964ea6eb764a227baa8c3368e45c94d23b6863cc7b880c6c9e341c143c5a5ff7"
+dependencies = [
+ "axum",
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "serde",
+ "subtle",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "tower-cookies",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tower-sessions",
+ "tracing",
+ "urlencoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "axum-macros"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -743,6 +762,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7cd812cc2bc1d69d4764bd80df88b4317eaef9e773c75226407d9bc0876b211c"
 dependencies = [
  "powerfmt",
+ "serde_core",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2391,6 +2411,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "libretunes"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "axum-login",
  "cfg-if",
  "chrono",
  "config",
@@ -2435,6 +2456,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "224399e74b87b5f3557511d98dff8b14089b3dadafcab6bb93eab67d3aace965"
 dependencies = [
  "scopeguard",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4098,6 +4120,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-cookies"
+version = "0.11.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "151b5a3e3c45df17466454bb74e9ecedecc955269bdedbf4d150dfa393b55a36"
+dependencies = [
+ "axum-core",
+ "cookie",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-http"
 version = "0.6.11"
@@ -4137,6 +4175,43 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8df9b6e13f2d32c91b9bd719c00d1958837bc7dec474d94952798cc8e69eeec3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-sessions"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "43a05911f23e8fae446005fe9b7b97e66d95b6db589dc1c4d59f6a2d4d4927d3"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "http",
+ "time",
+ "tokio",
+ "tower-cookies",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tower-sessions-core",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-sessions-core"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce8cce604865576b7751b7a6bc3058f754569a60d689328bb74c52b1d87e355b"
+dependencies = [
+ "async-trait",
+ "base64",
+ "futures",
+ "http",
+ "parking_lot",
+ "rand 0.8.6",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "thiserror 2.0.18",
+ "time",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tracing"
 version = "0.1.44"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0016f26..8ebe95b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 build = "src/build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
+axum-login = { version = "0.18.0", optional = true }
 cfg-if = "1.0.4"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.45", features = ["serde"] }
 config = { version = "0.15.24", optional = true }
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ default = ["web"]
 web = ["dioxus/web"]
 server = [
   "dioxus/server",
+  "dep:axum-login",
   "dep:config",
   "dep:diesel",
   "dep:diesel-async",