cerbos

cerbos

A policy-based authorization service for managing application permissions

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Cerbos is the open core, language-agnostic, scalable authorization solution that makes user permissions and authorization simple to implement and manage by writing context-aware access control policies for your application resources.

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  • Authorization Engine
    Core

    Evaluates access control policies

  • Policy as Code
    Core

    Defines access rules using a declarative language

  • Fine-Grained Permission Checks
    Core

    Applies permissions at object and action levels

  • Centralized Policy Store

    Stores authorization policies in a unified service

  • API Integration

    Validates permissions via HTTP APIs

  • Role and Attribute Support

    Includes role- and attribute-based access decisions

  • Audit Logging

    Records access decision data

  • Self-Hosted Deployment

    Runs on private infrastructure

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