oso-cloud
Oso Cloud Python client
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you are building a multi-tenant or role-based access control system and prefer to outsource authorization logic to a managed service. The low install friction, active maintenance, and permissive license make it a straightforward choice. However, you must already have an Oso Cloud account and be willing to add a network dependency to every authorization decision.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires a valid Oso Cloud API endpoint and authentication token; the package is a client wrapper and cannot function standalone without a remote service.
- Low install friction with three lightweight runtime dependencies (requests, backoff, typing-extensions).
- Actively maintained with a recent release.
License · maintenance · safety
Apache-2.0 (permissive) — Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-03-30 (137 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 367,288 downloads/mo, #7,200 on PyPI
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pip install oso-cloud
from oso_cloud import Oso
client = Oso(url="https://api.osohq.com", token="your-api-token")
allowed = client.authorize_resource(actor, action, resource)- Whether the package supports offline authorization or requires live API connectivity for every check.
- Performance characteristics and latency expectations for authorization calls.
- Whether Polar policy language knowledge is required to use the client effectively.
What it is and what it does
Oso Cloud is a client library for Python that connects your application to Oso Cloud, a hosted authorization service. It abstracts away the HTTP layer and provides convenient methods to perform permission checks, filter resources by access rights, and query user roles. The package is designed for teams building multi-tenant or role-based access control systems who want to centralize authorization logic outside their application code.
The client depends on requests for HTTP communication, backoff for retry logic, and typing-extensions for type hints. It supports Python 3.6 through 3.11 and runs on Windows, POSIX, and Unix systems. Since it is purely a client wrapper around a remote service, your application must have network access to an Oso Cloud instance and valid credentials to use it.
Use it for
- Add permission checks to a microservice to verify if a user can perform an action before processing a request.
- Filter a list of resources to return only those the current user has access to.
- Query a user's assigned roles and permissions from a centralized authorization store.
- Enforce multi-tenant access control without embedding authorization logic in application code.
- Test authorization policies before deploying them to production.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you are building a multi-tenant or role-based access control system and prefer to outsource authorization logic to a managed service.
The low install friction, active maintenance, and permissive license make it a straightforward choice. However, you must already have an Oso Cloud account and be willing to add a network dependency to every authorization decision.
Install
oso-cloud on PyPI
Before you install
Low install friction with three lightweight runtime dependencies (requests, backoff, typing-extensions). Actively maintained with a recent release.
Requires a valid Oso Cloud API endpoint and authentication token; the package is a client wrapper and cannot function standalone without a remote service.
License in practice
Apache-2.0 permissive license allows commercial and private use with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install oso-cloud
from oso_cloud import Oso
client = Oso(url="https://api.osohq.com", token="your-api-token")
allowed = client.authorize_resource(actor, action, resource)Verify before relying
- Whether the package supports offline authorization or requires live API connectivity for every check.
- Performance characteristics and latency expectations for authorization calls.
- Whether Polar policy language knowledge is required to use the client effectively.
Package facts
| License | Apache-2.0 permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.8 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 3 packagesrequestsbackofftyping-extensions |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 137 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 367,288 / month, #7,200 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersOperating System :: Microsoft :: WindowsOperating System :: POSIXOperating System :: UnixProgramming Language :: PythonProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPythonProgramming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy |
Evidence: oso_cloud-2.6.0-py3-none-any.whl
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