Welcome to Apache Shiro

Apache Shiro is a powerful and easy-to-use Java security framework that performs authentication, authorization, cryptography, and session management. With Shiro’s easy-to-understand API, you can quickly and easily secure any application – from the smallest mobile applications to the largest web and enterprise applications.

Authentication

Support logins across one or more pluggable data soucres (LDAP, JDBC, Active Directory...

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Authorization

Perform access control based on roles or fine grained permissions, also using plug...

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Cryptography

Secure data with the easiest possible Cryptography API’s available, giving you...

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Session Management

Use sessions in any environment, even outside web or EJB containers. Easily...

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Web Integration

Save development time with innovative approaches that easily handle web specific...

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Integrations

API’s giving you power and simplicty beyond what Java provides by default...

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Getting Started

Popular Guides

Java Authentication Guide

Learn how Shiro securely verifies identities.

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Java Authorization Guide

Learn how Shiro handles permissions, roles and users.

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Web App Tutorial

Step-by-step tutorial for securing a web application with Apache Shiro.

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Communities Using Shiro