# Cedar policy language

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/cedar/

5 people recommended Cedar policy language in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Open-source language for writing authorization policies that can be formally analyzed and return a binary allow or deny decision.

Summary written by Claude from 6 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 5 of those comments still count.

## What people recommend instead

- [OpenFGA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openfga/): 6 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Cedar policy language", https://hackerapproved.com/p/cedar/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.