# Authorizer: Open-source authentication and authorization for your apps

> Source: <https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/28/authorizer-open-source-authentication-server/>
> Published: 2026-09-28 05:30:06+00:00

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/) 

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