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OpenFGA

High-performance fine-grained authorization engine

Identity & SSO ★ 5.6k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

OpenFGA is an open-source, CNCF authorization engine inspired by Google Zanzibar for relationship-based access control. It can be self-hosted to centralize fine-grained permission decisions for applications.

Key features

  • Relationship-based access
  • High-throughput checks
  • Modeling language
  • gRPC and HTTP APIs

Strengths

  • Released under the Apache-2.0 license
  • First-class Docker support for quick deployment
  • Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
  • Mature project with 5.6k GitHub stars

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