The moment so long awaited by many Strapi users is here. Strapi custom roles and permissions (also known as RBAC) is available in the community edition starting from v4.8. For free. Without limitations.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://strapi.io/blog/custom-roles-and-permissions-available-for-free-in-strapi-v4-8#:~:text=and%20plugin%20developers.-,What%20are%20custom%20roles%20and%20permissions%3F,can%20perform%20within%20an%20application.