axum-gate v1.0.0-rc.0 released

🦀 Announcing axum-gate v1.0.0-rc.0: Flexible Authentication & Authorization for Axum

Just released the first release candidate of axum-gate - a comprehensive auth solution for Rust web applications using Axum!

🚀 What it does:

• Type-safe JWT authentication with cookie or bearer token support
• Hierarchical role-based access control (RBAC) with groups and permissions
• Ready-to-use login/logout handlers
• Multiple storage backends (in-memory, SurrealDB, SeaORM)
• Built-in audit logging and Prometheus metrics

💡 Key features:

• Cookie auth for web apps, bearer tokens for APIs
• Permission system with deterministic hashing ("domain:action" → PermissionId)
• Role hierarchy with automatic supervisor inheritance
• Optional anonymous access with user context injection
• Production-ready security defaults

🔧 Quick example:

let gate = Gate::cookie("my-app", jwt_codec)
    .with_policy(AccessPolicy::require_role(Role::Admin));

let app = Router::new()
    .route("/protected", get(handler))
    .layer(gate);

📦 Crate: axum-gate on crates.io

📚 Docs: docs.rs/axum-gate

🔧 Examples: 9 complete examples covering everything from simple usage to distributed systems

Perfect for web apps needing robust auth without the complexity. Feedback and contributions welcome!