This is what I was looking for

I've never heard it called anything but mTLS. :shrug:

mTLS is the more common name these days.

My main use case is using it to protect my exposed Home Assistant instance in a way that doesn't require a VPN that family can screw up. I can just install the cert into the app for them and it Just Works. I also use it for my own Gotify notifications.

As a more general rule, I apply it to anything I want to expose but can't easily protect using OIDC logins. I used to put more behind it, but I recently opened up my services to friends and family, so I moved to using Authentik as my primary defense for most things. mTLS was great when it was just me, I can easily install the cert into my own browser and all of my Android apps (except Firefox Android...) but friends and family just zone out when I explain why their new phone doesn't connect, so I had to adjust my systems to compensate.

I don't want to manage my mTLS. That's why I'm looking for a better solution.

To actually answer your question, I use mTLS to protect all my self hosted services. It is highly secure since it operates on the transport layer.

I self-host a CA server with [step-ca](https://github.com/smallstep/certificates], and I also use it to create my mTLS certs.