Open-source permissions database inspired by Google Zanzibar for building scalable fine-grained authorization systems.
SpiceDB is an open-source permissions database developed by AuthZed, inspired by Google's Zanzibar paper. It enables developers to build relationship-based access control (ReBAC) systems with strong consistency guarantees, high performance, and security. The ecosystem includes a Kubernetes operator, client libraries in multiple languages, a SpiceDB Playground for schema testing, and an MCP server for documentation search and API reference. SpiceDB is the open-source foundation for AuthZed's managed cloud products. SpiceDB is a product of authzed.
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