Features
SpiceDB is the most scalable and consistent Google Zanzibar-inspired database for storing and computing permissions data—use it to build global-scale fine grained authorization services.
Expressive APIs
Expressive gRPC and HTTP/JSON APIs for powering authorization logic in your client applications.
Distributed Graph
Distributed, parallel graph engine faithful to the architecture described in Google’s Zanzibar paper.
Prevents New Enemies
A flexible consistency model configurable per-request that includes resistance to the New Enemy Problem.
Configuration Language
Intuitive authorization configuration language — SpiceDB Schema — with CI/CD integrations for validation & testing.
Pluggable Storage
Support for in-memory, Spanner, CockroachDB, PostgreSQL, and MySQL relationship storage.
Deep Observability
Deep observability with Prometheus metrics, pprof profiles, structured logging, and OpenTelemetry tracing.
SpiceDB Tooling
SpiceDB Operator
kubectl create spicedbcluster
Zero-Downtime Datastore Migrations
Automated Update Channels
Learn Key Concepts
Define a Permissions Schema
Integrate Your Applications
Test and Deploy
Define Authorization
as Schema
Design tailored authorization systems by defining relationships, permissions based on those relationships, and bits of policy called Caveats.
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