SpiceDB
Open-source Zanzibar-inspired permissions database
SpiceDB is an open-source database system for managing security-critical application permissions inspired by Google Zanzibar. It is self-hosted to provide consistent, fine-grained authorization at scale.
Key features
- Zanzibar-inspired model
- Consistency guarantees
- Schema language
- Horizontal scaling
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Kubernetes-ready with Helm charts available
- Mature project with 6.9k GitHub stars
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