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A high performance and flexible authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar
https://github.com/openfga/openfga

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A high performance and flexible authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar

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# OpenFGA



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A high-performance and flexible authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by [Google Zanzibar](https://research.google/pubs/pub48190/).



OpenFGA is designed to make it easy for developers to model their application permissions and add and integrate fine-grained authorization into their applications.



It allows in-memory data storage for quick development, as well as pluggable database modules. It currently supports PostgreSQL 14, MySQL 8 and SQLite (currently in beta).



It offers an [HTTP API](https://openfga.dev/api/service) and a [gRPC API](https://buf.build/openfga/api/file/main:openfga/v1/openfga_service.proto). It has SDKs for [Java](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/dev.openfga/openfga-sdk), [Node.js/JavaScript](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@openfga/sdk), [GoLang](https://github.com/openfga/go-sdk), [Python](https://github.com/openfga/python-sdk) and [.NET](https://www.nuget.org/packages/OpenFga.Sdk). Look in our [Community section](https://github.com/openfga/community#community-projects) for third-party SDKs and tools. It can also be used [as a library](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/openfga/openfga/pkg/server#example-NewServerWithOpts).



## Getting Started



The following section aims to help you get started quickly. Please look at our official [documentation](https://openfga.dev/) for in-depth information.



### Setup and Installation



> ℹ️ The following sections setup an OpenFGA server using the default configuration values. These are for rapid development and not for a production environment. Data written to an OpenFGA instance using the default configuration with the memory storage engine will *not* persist after the service is stopped.

>

> For more information on how to configure the OpenFGA server, please take a look at our official documentation on [Running in Production](https://openfga.dev/docs/getting-started/running-in-production).



#### Docker



OpenFGA is available on [Dockerhub](https://hub.docker.com/r/openfga/openfga), so you can quickly start it using the in-memory datastore by running the following commands:



```shell

docker pull openfga/openfga

docker run -p 8080:8080 -p 3000:3000 openfga/openfga run

```



> [!TIP]

> The `OPENFGA_HTTP_ADDR` environment variable can used to configure the address at which [the playground](https://openfga.dev/docs/getting-started/setup-openfga/playground) expects the OpenFGA server to be. For example, `docker run -e OPENFGA_PLAYGROUND_ENABLED=true -e OPENFGA_HTTP_ADDR=0.0.0.0:4000 -p 4000:4000 -p 3000:3000 openfga/openfga run` will start the OpenFGA server on port 4000, and configure the playground too.



#### Docker Compose



[`docker-compose.yaml`](./docker-compose.yaml) provides an example of how to launch OpenFGA with Postgres using `docker compose`.



1. First, either clone this repo or curl the `docker-compose.yaml` file with the following command:



    ```shell

    curl -LO https://openfga.dev/docker-compose.yaml

    ```



2. Then, run the following command:



    ```shell

    docker compose up

    ```



### Package Managers



If you are a [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) user, you can install [OpenFGA](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/openfga) with the following command:



```shell

brew install openfga

```



#### Pre-compiled Binaries



Download your platform's [latest release](https://github.com/openfga/openfga/releases/latest) and extract it. Then run the binary

with the command:



```shell

./openfga run

```



### Building from Source



There are two recommended options for building OpenFGA from source code:



#### Building from source with `go install`



> Make sure you have the latest version of Go installed. See the [Go downloads](https://go.dev/dl/) page.



You can install from source using Go modules:



1. First, make sure `$GOBIN` is on your shell `$PATH`:



    ```shell

    export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOBIN)

    ```



2. Then use the install command:



    ```shell

    go install github.com/openfga/openfga/cmd/openfga

    ```



3. Run the server with:



    ```shell

    ./openfga run

    ```



#### Building from source with `go build`



Alternatively you can build OpenFGA by cloning the project from this Github repo, and then building it with the `go build` command:



1. Clone the repo to a local directory, and navigate to that directory:



    ```shell

    git clone https://github.com/openfga/openfga.git && cd openfga

    ```



2. Then use the build command:



    ```shell

    go build -o ./openfga ./cmd/openfga

    ```



3. Run the server with:



    ```shell

    ./openfga run

    ```



### Verifying the Installation



Now that you have [Set up and Installed](#setup-and-installation) OpenFGA, you can test your installation by [creating an OpenFGA Store](https://openfga.dev/docs/getting-started/create-store).



```shell

curl -X POST 'localhost:8080/stores' \

--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \

--data-raw '{

    "name": "openfga-demo"

}'

```



If everything is running correctly, you should get a response with information about the newly created store, for example:



```json

{

  "id": "01G3EMTKQRKJ93PFVDA1SJHWD2",

  "name": "openfga-demo",

  "created_at": "2022-05-19T17:11:12.888680Z",

  "updated_at": "2022-05-19T17:11:12.888680Z"

}

```



## Playground

The Playground facilitates rapid development by allowing you to visualize and model your application's authorization model(s) and manage relationship tuples with a locally running OpenFGA instance.



To run OpenFGA with the Playground disabled, provide the `--playground-enabled=false` flag.



```shell

./openfga run --playground-enabled=false

```

Once OpenFGA is running, by default, the Playground can be accessed at [http://localhost:3000/playground](http://localhost:3000/playground).



In the event that a port other than the default port is required, the `--playground-port` flag can be set to change it. For example,



```shell

./openfga run --playground-enabled --playground-port 3001

```



## Profiler (pprof)

Profiling through [pprof](https://github.com/google/pprof) can be enabled on the OpenFGA server by providing the `--profiler-enabled` flag.



```shell

./openfga run --profiler-enabled

```



This will start serving profiling data on port `3001`. You can see that data by visiting `http://localhost:3001/debug/pprof`.



If you need to serve the profiler on a different address, you can do so by specifying the `--profiler-addr` flag. For example,



```shell

./openfga run --profiler-enabled --profiler-addr :3002

```



Once the OpenFGA server is running, in another window you can run the following command to generate a compressed CPU profile:



```shell

go tool pprof -proto -seconds 60 http://localhost:3001/debug/pprof/profile

# will collect data for 60 seconds and generate a file like pprof.samples.cpu.001.pb.gz

```



That file can be analyzed visually by running the following command and then visiting `http://localhost:8084`:



```shell

go tool pprof -http=localhost:8084 pprof.samples.cpu.001.pb.gz

```



## Next Steps



Take a look at examples of how to:



- [Write an Authorization Model](https://openfga.dev/api/service#/Authorization%20Models/WriteAuthorizationModel)

- [Write Relationship Tuples](https://openfga.dev/api/service#/Relationship%20Tuples/Write)

- [Perform Authorization Checks](https://openfga.dev/api/service#/Relationship%20Queries/Check)

- [Add Authentication to your OpenFGA server](https://openfga.dev/docs/getting-started/setup-openfga/docker#configuring-authentication)



Don't hesitate to browse the official [Documentation](https://openfga.dev/), [API Reference](https://openfga.dev/api/service).



## Limitations

### MySQL Storage engine

The MySQL storage engine has a lower length limit for some properties of a tuple compared with other storage backends. For more information see [the docs](https://openfga.dev/docs/getting-started/setup-openfga/docker#configuring-data-storage).



OpenFGA's MySQL Storage Adapter was contributed to OpenFGA by [@twintag](https://github.com/twintag). Thanks!



## Production Readiness



The core [OpenFGA](https://github.com/openfga/openfga) service has been in use by [Okta FGA](https://fga.dev) in production since December 2021.



OpenFGA's Memory Storage Adapter was built for development purposes only, is not optimized for performance, and is not recommended for a production environment.



You can learn about more organizations using OpenFGA in production [here](https://github.com/openfga/community/blob/main/ADOPTERS.md). If your organization is using OpenFGA in production please consider adding it to the list.



The OpenFGA team will do its best to address all production issues with high priority.



## Contributing



See [CONTRIBUTING](https://github.com/openfga/.github/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).



[doc]: https://openfga.dev/docs

[config-doc]: https://openfga.dev/docs/getting-started/setup-openfga/configure-openfga

[api]: https://openfga.dev/api/service

[prod-checklist]: https://openfga.dev/docs/getting-started/running-in-production



## Community Meetings



We hold a monthly meeting to interact with the community, collaborate and receive/provide feedback. You can find more details, including the time, our agenda, and the meeting minutes [here](https://github.com/openfga/community/blob/main/community-meetings.md).