/pac4j

Security engine for Java (authentication, authorization, multi frameworks)

Primary LanguageJavaApache License 2.0Apache-2.0

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

It provides a comprehensive set of concepts and components. It is based on Java 8 and available under the Apache 2 license. It is available for most frameworks / tools and supports most authentication / authorization mechanisms.

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

J2E • Spring Boot • Spring Web MVC • Spring Security • Apache Shiro

Play 2 framework • Vertx • Spark Java framework • Ratpack • Undertow

CAS server • Dropwizard • Knox gateway for Hadoop • Jooby framework

Authentication mechanims:

OAuth - SAML - CAS - OpenID Connect - HTTP - OpenID - Google App Engine

LDAP - SQL - JWT - MongoDB - Stormpath - IP address

Authorization mechanisms:

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

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

Versions

The version 1.9.2-SNAPSHOT is under development. Maven artifacts are built via Travis: Build Status and available in the Sonatype snapshots repository.

The source code can be cloned and locally built via Maven:

git clone git@github.com:pac4j/pac4j.git
cd pac4j
mvn clean install

The latest released version is the Maven Central, available in the Maven central repository. See the release notes.

Read the documentation for more information.

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