open-policy-agent/opa

★12,458GoApache-2.0⑂ 1,707Issue 256Updated Nov 11, 2026

Open Policy Agent (OPA) is an open source, general-purpose policy engine.

OPA: A CNCF-graduated policy engine for unified enforcement — Open Policy Agent is a general-purpose policy engine using the Rego language to enforce authorization and compliance rules across services, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and APIs. As a graduated CNCF project, it offers tooling like a Rego Playground and VS Code extension, making it a mature choice for teams needing consistent, declarative policy control across their stack.

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Metrics

Relative growth (7d)+0%Growth over the last 7 days relative to size
Acceleration+26%Change in growth pace from the week before
Attention34The three metrics scaled to 0–100 and combined

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Star growth and Trending appearances (last 30 days)

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Nov 7, 2026
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Created Dec 29, 2015 · First on trending Nov 7, 2026

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