Permissions (access control) in web apps

• CheatSheetSeries

  49 26,480 9.1 Python

  The OWASP Cheat Sheet Series was created to provide a concise collection of high value information on specific application security topics.

  

OWasp cheat sheet on how to do ACL in Web App.

• CanCanCan

  19 5,508 2.2 Ruby

  The authorization Gem for Ruby on Rails.

  

https://github.com/CanCanCommunity/cancancan (Ruby on Rails ABAC) Same like casl.js, but for Ruby on Rails! Casl.js was actually inspired and modeled by cancancan.

• 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.

  

• Pundit

  25 8,164 6.9 Ruby

  Minimal authorization through OO design and pure Ruby classes

  

https://github.com/varvet/pundit Popular open-source Ruby library focused around the notion of policies, giving you the freedom to implement your own approach based on that.

• django-rules

  3 1,766 4.8 Python

  Awesome Django authorization, without the database

https://github.com/dfunckt/django-rules A generic, approachable open source framework for building rule-based systems in Django (Python).

• wasp

  192 11,310 9.7 TypeScript

  The fastest way to develop full-stack web apps with React & Node.js.

  

You can check out our discussion about this in our “Support for Permissions” RFC.

• 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

  

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.

• react-native-auth0

  58 466 8.8 JavaScript

  React Native toolkit for Auth0 API

  

Auth0 (provider) Auth0 has been around for some time and is probably the most popular authN provider out there. While authN is their main offering (they give you SDKs for authentication + they store user profiles and let you manage them through their SaaS), they also allow you to define authZ to some degree, via RBAC and policies.

• InfluxDB

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