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Code Quality Rank: L4
Programming language: Java
License: Apache License 2.0
Tags: Security    
Latest version: v4.0.2

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README

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 and web services.

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):

Spring Web MVC (Spring Boot)JEEApache ShiroSpring Security (Spring Boot)Play 2.xVertx

Spark JavaJavalinRatpackPippoUndertowJooby

CAS serverJAX-RSDropwizardLagomAkka HTTPApache Knox

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/permissions - 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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You can use the mailing lists or the commercial support.

Supported by

CAS in the cloud The CAS and pac4j consulting company


*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the pac4j README section above are relevant to that project's source code only.