OpenFGA

OpenFGA is a high performance and flexible authorization/permission system built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar

OpenFGA was accepted to CNCF on September 14, 2022 and moved to the Incubating maturity level on October 28, 2025.

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Health Score

Excellent (87)

Total contributors

2,521

+27% vs. previous year

Total contributing organizations

882

+34% vs. previous year

GitHub Stars

2,050

+23% vs. previous year

GitHub Forks

383

+33% vs. previous year

Software Value

$19.1M

First commit

April 19, 2022

OpenFGA case studies

Cloudchipr Client

Cloudchipr Client


40% cloud cost reduction

July 21, 2026

How a vector database platform cut cloud spend by 40% with Kubernetes, GitOps, and automated FinOps

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Recorded OpenFGA programs