Permify
Open-source authorization service for fine-grained access
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.
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 5.9k GitHub stars
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