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Is there a web auth thing I can set up very easily that:
- is like htpasswd-based http basic auth but with a web form and a cookie instead of a browser-invoked dialog box
- is not a huge enterprisey SSO thing, tinier and simpler is better, if it includes the words "oauth" or "saml" it is too enterprisey
- ideally doesn't require changes to the things being authenticated to, would rather it behave like a reverse proxy
- the things being authenticated do not need to know who the user is, only "if a request makes it through to this endpoint, assume there is a valid user"

The problem I am trying to solve here is that I have some personal web-based tools, currently protected by http basic auth, of which I am the only user. But the UX for filling those auth dialogs in with my password manager is trash. I am not willing to switch browsers or password managers to fix it, so this is the only other variable I can play with.

edit: this gets much easier if you don't need it to be a literal reverse proxy; https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_auth_request_module.html is the bit I was looking for but did not know about.