{"slug": "authorizer-open-source-authentication-and-authorization-for-your-apps", "title": "Authorizer: Open-source authentication and authorization for your apps", "summary": "Authorizer, an open-source authentication and authorization server written in Go, now includes a permissions engine and an interface for AI agents in the same program that handles user sign-in, allowing a chatbot to check whether a user may see a document before fetching it. The project's maintainers position the tool for teams that run sign-in and access control on their own infrastructure and keep user accounts in a database of their choosing.", "body_md": "Authorizer is an open-source server for sign-in and access control in web and mobile apps. Teams run it on their own infrastructure and keep user accounts in a database they choose. Its maintainers have built a permissions engine and an interface for AI agents into the same Go program that logs users in, so a chatbot can ask whether a user may see a document before it fetches that document. This affects any team that … [More](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/28/authorizer-open-source-authentication-server/) \n\nThe post [Authorizer: Open-source authentication and authorization for your apps](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/28/authorizer-open-source-authentication-server/) appeared first on [Help Net Security](https://www.helpnetsecurity.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/authorizer-open-source-authentication-and-authorization-for-your-apps", "canonical_source": "https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/28/authorizer-open-source-authentication-server/", "published_at": "2026-09-28 05:30:06+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-28 05:49:19.142691+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "developer-tools", "ai-tools"], "entities": ["Authorizer", "Help Net Security"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/authorizer-open-source-authentication-and-authorization-for-your-apps", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/authorizer-open-source-authentication-and-authorization-for-your-apps.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/authorizer-open-source-authentication-and-authorization-for-your-apps.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/authorizer-open-source-authentication-and-authorization-for-your-apps.jsonld"}}