SHSelfHostIndex
PE

Permify

Open-source authorization service for fine-grained access

Identity & SSO ★ 6k stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

Permify is an open-source authorization service inspired by Google Zanzibar for building and managing fine-grained, scalable access control. It is self-hosted to centralize permission checks.

Official siteSource code

Key features

  • Zanzibar-style model
  • Centralized permissions
  • Real-time consistency
  • gRPC and REST 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 6k GitHub stars

Is Permify secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Permify's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

Permify replaces

Self-hosted Auth0 FGA alternativesSelf-hosted OpenFGA alternatives

Health badge

Maintain Permify? Add its health score to your README. The badge links back to this page.

SelfHostIndex: 90 · excellent

Markdown
[![SelfHostIndex health score for Permify](https://selfhostindex.com/badge/permify.svg)](https://selfhostindex.com/app/permify/)
HTML
<a href="https://selfhostindex.com/app/permify/"><img src="https://selfhostindex.com/badge/permify.svg" alt="SelfHostIndex health score for Permify"></a>
reStructuredText
.. image:: https://selfhostindex.com/badge/permify.svg
   :alt: SelfHostIndex health score for Permify
   :target: https://selfhostindex.com/app/permify/

The score is recomputed on every nightly rebuild from public repository data — see how it is calculated.

Compare Permify

6 head-to-head comparisons.

Similar identity & sso apps