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The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

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upstream reference closed: github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/199 3 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
upstream reference closed: github.com/knadh/koanf/pull/47 4 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
upstream reference closed: github.com/knadh/koanf/issues/77 4 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
upstream reference closed: github.com/evanphx/json-patch/pull/158 4 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
upstream reference closed: github.com/gobuffalo/fizz/issues/45 5 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
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ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
upstream reference closed: github.com/kubescape/kubescape/pull/1568 9 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream stale
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
upstream reference closed: github.com/knadh/koanf/pull/47 10 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
upstream reference closed: github.com/evanphx/json-patch/pull/158 10 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
upstream reference closed: github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify/issues/199 10 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
upstream reference closed: github.com/gobuffalo/fizz/issues/45 10 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar
upstream reference closed: github.com/knadh/koanf/issues/77 10 months ago
help wanted good first issue upstream
ory/keto
5.4K

The most scalable and customizable permission server on the market. Fix your slow or broken permission system with Google's proven "Zanzibar" approach. Supports ACL, RBAC, and more. Written in Go, cloud native, headless, API-first. Available as a service on Ory Network and for self-hosters.

Go
#abac#access-control#acl#authorization#fine-grained-permissions#hacktoberfest#iam#permission-management#permissions#policy-management#rbac#rebac#relation-tuples#zanzibar