# pomerium/pomerium

Pomerium is an identity and context-aware access proxy.

Repository: https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pomerium
Homepage: https://www.pomerium.com
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: reverse-proxy, iam, beyondcorp, identity, go, identity-aware-proxy, zero-trust, gateway, pomerium, vpn, aigateway
Last push: 2026-08-26T17:06:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2801, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 15, "gap_med": 19.0, "n_releases_24m": 35}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4978, forks 350 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:04.110263+00:00)

## What it is
Pomerium is an open-source, identity- and context-aware reverse proxy that provides clientless, zero-trust access to internal applications and services. It authenticates users against any OIDC-compliant identity provider and enforces per-request authorization policies, replacing traditional VPN access.

## Use cases
- secure remote access to internal web apps without a VPN
- add single sign-on and per-route authorization to self-hosted apps like Grafana or GitLab
- secure Kubernetes ingress and kubectl access clientlessly
- govern and log AI agent requests with per-request authorization
- replace corporate VPN for distributed teams and contractors

## When to avoid
- you need full network-layer access to arbitrary TCP/UDP protocols rather than HTTP apps
- you want a simple point-to-point tunnel like WireGuard or Tailscale
- you cannot operate TLS certificates and DNS for proxied routes

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: auth, authorization, proxy, api-gateway, middleware, networking
- domain: security, networking, self-hosted
- platform: go, self-hosted, cloud
- tags: zero-trust, identity-aware-proxy, beyondcorp, reverse-proxy, vpn-replacement, single-sign-on, oidc, context-aware-access, devops, linux, docker, kubernetes

## Member repositories
- pomerium/pomerium (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.110263+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 2026-08-29T18:17:43.499139+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:04.110263+00:00, sha 0507d9736ef9)
  - homepage: https://www.pomerium.com (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:05.998635+00:00, sha a7b3581ca829)
  - site_page: https://www.pomerium.com/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:06.010583+00:00, sha 89b52f40e711)
  - site_page: https://www.pomerium.com/docs/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:06.012342+00:00, sha d474bfa8a345)
  - site_page: https://www.pomerium.com/docs/courses (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:06.014585+00:00, sha 9d4bcb624d5e)
  - site_page: https://www.pomerium.com/docs/internals/architecture (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:06.016198+00:00, sha 20298f15f1d9)
  - site_page: https://www.pomerium.com/docs/guides (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:06.019797+00:00, sha 4ca1313b5a1a)
  - site_page: https://www.pomerium.com/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:06.021525+00:00, sha 52d29631c0ed)
  - site_page: https://www.pomerium.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:06.008526+00:00, sha 7f34a7861c72)
  - site_page: https://www.pomerium.com/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:06.017817+00:00, sha 14ed68e7865f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.