# outmoded/oz

Web Authorization Protocol

Repository: https://github.com/outmoded/oz
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/oz
Language: JavaScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-11-03T07:27:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5150, "days_push": 2860, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1514, forks 54 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:56.341350+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: auth, authorization, http-server, http-client, cryptography
- domain: security, apis, web-development, backend
- platform: -
- tags: authorization-protocol, oauth-alternative, hawk, iron, tickets, scoped-grants, third-party-access, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- outmoded/oz (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:56.341350+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 2026-08-30T04:32:13.229222+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/outmoded/oz (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:56.341350+00:00, sha 48922d3dbe12)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.