Cerbos is an open-core, language-agnostic, scalable authorization solution that makes implementing and managing user permissions simple. It uses context-aware YAML access control policies managed through Git-ops, providing high-availability APIs for dynamic access decisions across applications.
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# Cerbos Open Source Authorization Policy Decision Point
Cerbos is an open-core, language-agnostic, scalable authorization solution that makes implementing and managing user permissions simple. It uses context-aware YAML access control policies managed through Git-ops, providing high-availability APIs for dynamic access decisions across applications.
## Installation
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- [Python](https://github.com/cerbos/cerbos-sdk-python)
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- Get up and running quickly with our [quickstart](https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/quickstart.html), or build an example implementation in our [tutorial](https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/tutorial/00_intro.html)
- See [example policies and requests](#examples)
- [Container](https://docs.cerbos.dev/cerbos/latest/installation/container.html)
- Source: https://github.com/cerbos/cerbos
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cerbos/cerbos/HEAD/README.md
## Source
- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/cerbos-authorization-pdp/)
