5 alternatives to casbin

apache/casbin — Apache Casbin: an authorization library that supports access control models like ACL, RBAC, ABAC. (20,469 stars, Apache-2.0, ai, auth, database).

These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 73 licence-cleared components from apache/casbin itself.

The alternatives in detail

• zenstackhq/zenstack
  Modern data layer for TypeScript apps - type-safe ORM, built-in access control, automatic query services
  score 8.0/10 · MIT permissive · 2,953 stars · 232 components · search them
• better-auth/better-auth
  The most comprehensive authentication framework
  score 6.7/10 · MIT permissive · 30,431 stars · 650 components · search them · alternatives
• casdoor/casdoor
  An open-source Agent-first Identity and Access Management (IAM) /LLM MCP & agent gateway and auth server with web UI supporting OpenClaw, MCP, OAuth, OIDC, SAML, CAS, LDAP, SCIM, WebAuthn, TOTP, MFA, Face ID, Google Work
  score 5.9/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 14,623 stars · 1,099 components · search them
• keycloak/keycloak
  Open Source Identity and Access Management For Modern Applications and Services
  score 6.4/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 37,451 stars · 3,000 components · search them · alternatives
• logto-io/logto
  🧑‍🚀 Authentication and authorization infrastructure for SaaS and AI apps, built on OIDC and OAuth 2.1 with multi-tenancy, SSO, and RBAC.
  score 4.2/10 · MPL-2.0 weak-copyleft · 14,784 stars · 3,000 components · search them

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