Accessleaf
Accessleaf is a framework for managing access permissions in distributed systems. It models permissions as leaves in a hierarchical policy tree, where each leaf represents a concrete right to perform a specific action on a resource. The design emphasizes least privilege, revocability, and auditable usage, enabling fine-grained access control across services, APIs, and storage assets.
In operation, a central or delegated authority issues leaf tokens that encode the resource identifier, allowed
Accessleaf provides components such as a policy tree engine, a revocation registry, and adapters for identity
Origins and usage: The concept arose in academic and practitioner discussions around the 2020s as a way
See also: access control, capability-based security, attribute-based access control, token-based authentication, policy engines.