mikespook/gorbac

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1674 stars · 180 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

goRBAC is a lightweight role-based access control (RBAC) library for Go, supporting many-to-many role/permission mappings and hierarchical role inheritance. It uses Go generics (1.18+) and offers a two-phase prepare/check workflow with optional assertion functions for fine-grained control.

Use cases

• implement role-based access control in a Go application
• manage user roles and permissions with inheritance
• check if a role is granted a permission in Go
• build hierarchical permission systems with parent roles
• add custom assertion logic to permission checks
• add authorization to a Go web API

When to choose

• you need a small, dependency-free RBAC model in Go
• you want role inheritance and custom permission types
• you prefer a library over a full identity/authorization service

When to avoid

• you need full-featured identity management with users, sessions, and tokens
• you need attribute-based (ABAC) or policy-engine-driven authorization
• you are not working in Go

Facets

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authorization security security developer-tools backend go cross-platform rbac access-control role-based permissions go-generics

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