Show HN: Open-source API Key server written in Go by Ory

Category: infrastructure

Tags: api-keys, go, authentication

Score: 6.5/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 7, Documentation: 6, Utility: 7)

Ory Talos is an open-source API key server written in Go, designed for issuing, verifying, and revoking API keys at scale with low-latency verification and support for short-lived JWT and macaroon tokens. It offers side-car deployment, horizontal scaling, and multiple database backends, making it a robust solution for high-throughput systems. The project is interesting for its focus on operational predictability and security best practices in credential management.

Target audience: backend devs, devops

Repository: https://github.com/ory/talos · Go · Apache-2.0 · 18 stars

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