/pac4j

Security engine for Java (authentication, authorization, multi frameworks): OAuth, CAS, SAML, OpenID Connect, LDAP, JWT...

Primary LanguageJavaApache License 2.0Apache-2.0

pac4j is an easy and powerful security framework for Java to authenticate users, get their profiles and manage authorizations in order to secure web applications and web services.

It provides a comprehensive set of concepts and components. It is available for most frameworks/tools and supports most authentication/authorization mechanisms. It is licensed under the Apache 2 license.

JDK pac4j Usage of Lombok
17 v6.x Yes
11 v5.x No
8 v4.x No

Available implementations (Get started by clicking on your framework):

JEESpring Web MVC (Spring Boot)Spring Webflux (Spring Boot)Apache ShiroSpring Security (Spring Boot)

CAS serverSyncopeApache Knox

Play 2.xVertxSpark JavaRatpackJAX-RSDropwizard

JavalinPippoUndertowLagomAkka HTTPJooby

Authentication mechanisms:

OAuth (Facebook, Twitter, Google...) - SAML - CAS - OpenID Connect - HTTP - Google App Engine - Kerberos (SPNEGO/Negotiate)

LDAP - SQL - JWT - MongoDB - CouchDB - IP address - REST API

Authorization mechanisms:

Roles - Anonymous/remember-me/(fully) authenticated - Profile type, attribute

CORS - CSRF - Security headers - IP address, HTTP method


Versions

The latest released version is the Maven Central, available in the Maven central repository. The next version is under development.

Read the documentation for more information.

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Supported by

CAS in the cloud The CAS and pac4j consulting company