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Casbin is a powerful, efficient open-source access control framework
offering a unified, model-driven authorization approach. Based on the PERM
(Policy, Effect, Request, Matchers) metamodel and its domain-specific
language (DSL), Casbin seamlessly integrates ACL, RBAC, and ABAC models to
enable flexible and fine-grained policy management. It delivers
high-performance access control enforcement and supports a comprehensive
multi-language ecosystem including Go, Java, Node.js, Python, .NET, C++,
and Rust. Apache Software Foundation incubation will establish Casbin as a
community-driven, standardized authorization solution.
Casbin has been incubating since 2026-02-07.
### Three most important unfinished issues to address before graduating:
- Establish a clear release process aligned with ASF guidelines and
perform the first official Apache release.
- Grow the community by onboarding new contributors from diverse
organizations and transitioning discussions to Apache mailing lists.
- Complete the formal transfer of domains and trademarks to the ASF.
### Are there any issues that the IPMC or ASF Board need to be aware of?
No
### How has the community developed since the last report?
- Officially announced Casbin's acceptance into the Apache Incubator and
published the news via project blogs and community channels
- Raised community activity: a new group of developers have joined the
discussions on Discord and GitHub Discussions
- Maintained steady growth in GitHub stars (the main repository increased
from 19.4k to 20.1k)
- During the incubation period, the download volume of packages across
all language versions has kept rising, with the overall ecological adoption
growing steadily
- dev@casbin.apache.org saw 44 emails (mostly Dependabot bot
notifications), including a community discussion proposal, with new
subscribers joining.
### How has the project developed since the last report?
- This is the first official monthly report for Casbin following its
admission to the Apache Incubator
- Added standardized configuration files and optimized the project's
overall configuration management system
- Implemented ASF compliance requirements: added the official .asf.yaml
configuration file and Apache disclaimer file to ensure the project is
fully compliant with the foundation's norms
- Completed the addition of standard Apache License 2.0 headers to the
entire codebase and initiated the preliminary intellectual property
transfer process to the ASF
- A total of 30 PRs merged and 40 issues closed during the incubation
period
### How would you assess the podling's maturity?
Please feel free to add your own commentary.
- [X] Initial setup
- [X] Working towards first release
- [X] Community building
- [ ] Nearing graduation
- [ ] Other:
### Date of last release:
No apache release yet.
### When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?
2026-02-07
### Have your mentors been helpful and responsive?
Yes, very helpful and responsive.
### Is the PPMC managing the podling's brand / trademarks?
Name is approved:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-251
### Signed-off-by:
- [ ] (casbin) Hao Ding
Comments:
- [ ] (casbin) Huajie Wang
Comments:
- [ ] (casbin) Hulk Lin
Comments:
- [ ] (casbin) Jerry Shao
Comments:
- [X] (casbin) Zili Chen
Comments:
### IPMC/Shepherd notes: