# ballerine-io/ballerine

Open-source infrastructure and data orchestration platform for risk decisioning

Repository: https://github.com/ballerine-io/ballerine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ballerine
Homepage: https://www.ballerine.com
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: back-office, case-management, compliance, dashboard, flow, fraud, id-card-camera, identity-verification, idv, know-your-customer, kyc, liveliness, ocr, onboarding, orchestration, risk-management, rule-engine, sdk, svelte, kyb
Last push: 2026-08-22T01:13:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1431, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 419, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 1239}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2426, forks 308 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:50.782100+00:00)

## What it is
Ballerine is an open-source infrastructure and data orchestration platform for identity verification (KYC/KYB), fraud prevention, and merchant risk decisioning. It provides SDKs, verification flows, OCR document capture, a rule engine, and a back-office case-management dashboard for onboarding and underwriting workflows.

## Use cases
- verify customer identity during onboarding with kyc flows
- run kyb checks on merchant businesses before approval
- orchestrate risk decisioning with a rule engine and case management
- capture id cards via camera with ocr and liveness checks
- build a back-office dashboard for fraud and compliance review
- self-host identity verification instead of paying proprietary vendors
- automate merchant underwriting and monitoring workflows

## When to choose
- you need customizable, self-hosted KYC/KYB and risk orchestration for fintech onboarding
- you want to combine document verification, OCR, liveness, and rule-based decisions in one flow
- your compliance team needs a case-management back office for manual reviews

## When to avoid
- you need a fully managed, certified KYC vendor with out-of-the-box regulatory guarantees
- you only need a simple drop-in identity widget with no orchestration
- your stack cannot run a multi-service TypeScript platform

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: ocr, workflow-automation, sdk, security, analytics, self-hosted
- domain: fintech, security, legal, apis, developer-tools
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: kyc, kyb, identity-verification, fraud-prevention, risk-management, case-management, rule-engine, onboarding, merchant-underwriting, back-office, automation, web-server, docker, nodejs, typescript

## Member repositories
- ballerine-io/ballerine (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.782100+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:31:37.838540+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ballerine-io/ballerine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:50.782100+00:00, sha 3889de8e91c0)
  - homepage: https://www.ballerine.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:22.745174+00:00, sha c7805dd7658b)
  - site_page: https://ballerine.com/company/about (fetched 2026-08-29T10:13:22.747615+00:00, sha 1d54532c1cad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.