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OpenFGA by openfga

Go Apache-2.0 SECURITY.md 1 open advisories

A high performance and flexible authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar

authorizationpermissionssecurityzanzibaropenfgaentitlementsgogolangfine-grained-authorizationfine-grained-access-controlfgaabac
Verdict 70/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 1/5 setup difficulty 33M docker pulls 1 open CVE Last release 2 months ago

Self-host OpenFGA on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

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Health score
70 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
1 /5
One-click deploy
GitHub stars
5.1k
392 forks

About OpenFGA

From the project's README at github.com/openfga/openfga. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
62
maturity
100
community
83
security
85
sustainability
65
adoption
33

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 5.1k github.com/openfga/openfga
GitHub forks 392 github.com/openfga/openfga
Docker Hub pulls 33M hub.docker.com / openfga

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age4.1 yearssince Jun 2022
Last commit2 months agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped107last: 2 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

20 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 1 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: CVE-2026-33729.

What people say on Hacker News

Ready to self-host OpenFGA?

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Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.

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Frequently asked questions

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