cemerick/friend
An extensible authentication and authorization library for Clojure Ring web applications and services. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5269
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2004
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1152 stars · 121 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Friend is an extensible authentication and authorization library for Clojure Ring web applications and services. It provides authentication workflows (form, HTTP Basic, pluggable OAuth/OpenID), role-based authorization, and Ring middleware for securing routes.
Use cases
- add authentication to a Clojure Ring web app
- implement role-based authorization in a Compojure application
- support form and HTTP Basic login workflows
- plug in custom auth workflows like OAuth or OpenID Connect
- hash passwords with bcrypt from Clojure
- restrict routes behind authentication middleware
When to choose
- you maintain an existing Clojure/Ring app already using Friend
- you need a purely functional, middleware-based auth approach on Ring
When to avoid
- starting a new Clojure project - the library is explicitly unmaintained
- you want active maintenance or modern auth features - consider Buddy or forks
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
auth authorization middleware web-development backend security jvm jvm-scripting clojure ring authentication authorization unmaintained
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/cemerick/friend · fetched 2026-08-28 · e04adfb26fde
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cemerick/friend | main | 10 |
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