Top 3 Go Permission Projects

casbin

38 16,818 7.3 Go

An authorization library that supports access control models like ACL, RBAC, ABAC in Golang: https://discord.gg/S5UjpzGZjN

Project mention: A guide to Auth & Access Control in web apps 🔐 | dev.to | 2023-11-07

https://casbin.org/ (multiple approaches, multiple languages, provider) Open source authZ library that has support for many access control models (ACL, RBAC, ABAC, …) and many languages (Go, Java, Node.js, JS, Rust, …). While somewhat complex, it is also powerful and flexible. They also have their Casdoor platform, which is authN and authZ provider.

permify

39 2,446 9.8 Go

Permify is an open-source authorization service inspired by Google Zanzibar.

Project mention: Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC): A Comprehensive Overview | dev.to | 2024-04-16

However, in this piece we're focusing on the PBAC model also known as Policy-Based Access Control and how it differentiates itself these from traditional access control models in terms of scalability, flexibility and security.

WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
go-role

1 194 0.0 Go

Open source RBAC library. Associate users with roles and permissions.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).