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[![discussions](https://img.shields.io/github/discussions/uatuko/sentium)](https://github.com/uatuko/sentium/discussions)
[![release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/uatuko/sentium)](https://github.com/uatuko/sentium/releases)

Lightning fast, global scale authorization service without the overhead of yet another DSL[^5].
Lightning fast, global scale authorization service without the overhead of yet another DSL[^1].

## What is Sentium?

Sentium is an authorization service for securing your applications and services using zero trust[^1]
Sentium is an authorization service for securing your applications and services using zero trust[^2]
fine-grained authorization (FGA).

We designed Sentium to be as powerful and scalable as [Zanzibar — Google’s Consistent, Global Authorization System](https://research.google/pubs/zanzibar-googles-consistent-global-authorization-system/)
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* Zero-trust, least privilege architecture (ZTA)
* Predictable constant time authorization checks (O(1))
* Strongly consistent with no cache
* Cloud native at global scale[^2]
* Cloud native at global scale[^3]
* ABAC, RBAC & ReBAC[^4]
* Multi-tenancy support, if you need it
* Not just authorization checks, list users, entities a user can access and users with access to an entity
* First class treatment for listing endpoints with pagination and limits to handle large datasets
* Built using the fastest gRPC server implementation[^3]
* Built using the fastest gRPC server implementation[^5]


## Getting started
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* Thanks to [@kw510](https://github.com/kw510), [@neculalaura](https://github.com/neculalaura) and [@td0m](https://github.com/td0m)
for their contributions on the `gatekeeper` branch.

[^1]: [Zero trust architecture (ZTA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_trust_security_model)
[^2]: Scalability depends on underlying PostgreSQL protocol compatible database scalability.
[^3]: [gRPCxx](https://github.com/uatuko/grpcxx) is benchmarked to be the fastest in February 2024.
[^1]: [Domain-Specific Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language)
[^2]: [Zero trust architecture (ZTA)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_trust_security_model)
[^3]: Scalability depends on underlying PostgreSQL protocol compatible database scalability.
[^4]: [RFC #72](https://github.com/uatuko/sentium/discussions/72)
[^5]: [Domain-Specific Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language)
[^5]: [gRPCxx](https://github.com/uatuko/grpcxx) is benchmarked to be the fastest in February 2024.

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