# SpiceDB

Open-source, Google Zanzibar-inspired database for creating and managing security-critical application permissions.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/spicedb/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://authzed.com/spicedb
- repository: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb
- docs: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/discovering-spicedb
- pricing: https://authzed.com/pricing
- x: https://twitter.com/authzed
- discord: https://authzed.com/discord
- forum: https://github.com/orgs/authzed/discussions
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFeSgZf0rPqQteiTQNGgTPg

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Authzed, Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2021
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: auth
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: postgres, mysql
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: docker

### License

- licenseModel: open-core
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-10-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 7188
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 83
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://authzed.com/spicedb (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/discovering-spicedb (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://authzed.com/spicedb (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://authzed.com/pricing (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/install/debian (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/install/docker (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/install/debian (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/install/debian (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/install/debian (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/install/macos (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/install/kubernetes (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/client-libraries (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/concepts/datastores (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/concepts/datastores (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/concepts/datastores (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/blob/main/NOTICE (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://authzed.com/pricing (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

SpiceDB is an open-source database for application permissions, inspired by Google's Zanzibar design. Applications call it through its gRPC and HTTP/JSON APIs, and the [client libraries page](https://authzed.com/docs/spicedb/getting-started/client-libraries) describes a SpiceDB instance serving the HTTP server that clients reach.

Relationships are stored in the datastore chosen for the deployment: CockroachDB, Cloud Spanner, PostgreSQL or MySQL. Packages come from Docker images, apt, snap, Homebrew and a Kubernetes operator, which lives in its own repository.

## Worth knowing

A commercially licensed Enterprise build runs beside the Apache-2.0 server. The product page lists scoped API access, audit logging, rate limiting and embargoed security fixes as its additions. A hosted service, AuthZed Cloud, runs the software for customers who do not operate it themselves.

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