outmoded/oz

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1514 stars · 54 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Oz is a web authorization protocol and Node.js library for granting and authenticating third-party access to an API on behalf of a user or application. It combines the Hawk authentication protocol with the Iron encryption protocol to issue encrypted, scoped tickets.

Use cases

• grant third-party apps delegated access to my API
• replace OAuth with a simpler authorization protocol
• issue encrypted scoped tickets for API access
• authenticate API requests with Hawk-based credentials
• implement user consent and grant workflows for an API
• manage application and grant authorization endpoints

When to choose

• you are building a Node.js API needing delegated third-party authorization
• you want an OAuth-like flow with encrypted tickets and scoped grants
• you already use the Hawk/Iron ecosystem (e.g., Hapi)

When to avoid

• you need broad ecosystem support or OAuth2/OIDC interoperability
• you need actively maintained software with recent releases
• you are not using Node.js or JavaScript

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

auth authorization http-server http-client cryptography security apis web-development backend authorization-protocol oauth-alternative hawk iron tickets scoped-grants third-party-access nodejs javascript

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