Casbin is an authorization library designed to manage application access control and permissions through a configurable model-based engine. It serves as a centralized system for verifying whether a user has permission to perform specific actions on a resource.
The engine supports multiple access control models, including Role-Based Access Control, Attribute-Based Access Control, and Access Control Lists. It allows for the definition of role hierarchies and the evaluation of user, resource, and environment attributes to make access decisions.
The library decouples authorization logic from data storage via a policy persistence layer, enabling the saving and loading of rules from external databases or files. It supports dynamic policy management to update permissions and role mappings at runtime.