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Open-source authorization service & policy engine based on Google Zanzibar. Version 1.7.5 via Homebrew; verified 2026-10-10.
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Open-source authorization service & policy engine based on Google Zanzibar
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- permify
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Project history and usage
Permify is an open-source fine-grained authorization service and policy engine inspired by Google Zanzibar. Applications define authorization schemas, write relationship or attribute data, and query REST or gRPC APIs for access decisions.
Project history
Permify was created to replace scattered, application-specific permission logic with a centralized open-source authorization engine. Its schema language and graph-based service support relationship, role, and attribute-based policies.
The project subsequently added SDKs, schema-management features, observability integrations, PostgreSQL-backed storage, and deployment tooling for cloud-native environments.
Adoption history
Permify developed within the broader adoption of centralized, fine-grained authorization for multi-tenant and collaborative applications. Its project materials emphasize self-hosting, REST and gRPC APIs, SDKs, Kubernetes deployment, and RBAC, ReBAC, and ABAC modeling.
FusionAuth acquired Permify in November 2025. The official announcement said that Permify would remain open source, continue as a standalone authorization engine, and receive continued community investment.
How it is used
Operators run Permify as a service, define entities, relations, attributes, and permissions in its schema language, load authorization data, and call permission-check APIs from applications. The Homebrew formula provides the server CLI for local evaluation and self-hosting.
Why package nerds care
Permify packages a Zanzibar-inspired authorization model into an independently deployable service. It is notable to package and infrastructure users because permission schemas, relationship data, and authorization checks can be operated separately from application releases.
Timeline
- 2022: Permify publicly described its work on a centralized authorization service.
- 2023: Attribute-based access-control support was added to the open-source project.
- 2025: FusionAuth acquired Permify while committing to continue the open-source standalone engine.
Related projects
- Permify is inspired by Google Zanzibar and belongs to the same fine-grained-authorization tool family as OpenFGA and SpiceDB.
- Following its acquisition, Permify became part of FusionAuth's effort to connect authentication and fine-grained authorization while retaining a standalone open-source engine.
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Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 5 platform targets.
- Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.
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~/.permify.yaml
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Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
permify | cli | global executable |
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Version and freshness
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page generated2026-11-04
manager version1.7.5
manager updated2026-10-10
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv1.7.5
https://github.com/Permify/permify
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
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Package metadata
| Package key | brew:permify |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.7.5 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/permify |
| Homepage | https://permify.co/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/Permify/permify |
| Upstream docs | https://permify.co/ |
| License | AGPL-3.0-only |
| Source archive | https://github.com/Permify/permify/archive/refs/tags/v1.7.5.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-10-10T00:08:32Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Build dependencies | go |
| Bottle | available (on arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_tahoe, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | not defined |
| Service | none declared |
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| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
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| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | permify |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
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