Awesome JWT (JSON Web Tokens)

A collection of awesome things regarding JSON Web Tokens.

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JSON Web Tokens

JSON Web Tokens are an open, industry standard RFC 7519 method for representing claims securely between two parties.

Contents

• JSON Web Tokens
• Libraries
  • C
  • Clojure
  • Delphi
  • Elixir
  • Go
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • Lua
  • .Net
  • Node.js
  • Objective-C
  • Perl
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Ruby
  • Rust
  • Scala
  • Swift
• Tools
• Tutorials
• Articles
• Videos
• Presentations
• Podcasts
• Books
• Blogs
• Courses

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Libraries

C

• libjwt - C Library.

Clojure

• buddy - Security library for Clojure.

Delphi

• delphi-jose-jwt - Delphi implementation of JOSE and JWT.

Elixir

• json_web_token_ex - Elixir implementation of the JSON Web Token (JWT) standard RFC 7519.
• joken - This library provides a convenient way to create, sign, verify, and validate JWTs while allowing the flexibility to customize each step along the way.
• jwtex - Library to encode and decode JWT tokens.
• plug_jwt - Plug for JWT authentication.
• guardian - Elixir Authentication.

Go

• jwt-go - Golang implementation of JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
• jose2go - Golang (GO) implementation of Javascript Object Signing and Encryption specification.
• jose - Comprehensive set of JWT, JWS, and JWE libraries.
• jwt - This is an implementation of JWT in golang.
• go-jose - Implementation of JOSE standards (JWE, JWS, JWT) in Go.

Java

• java-jwt - Java implementation of JSON Web Token (JWT).
• jose4j - Implementation of JWT and the JOSE specification suite.
• Nimbus-JOSE-JWT - Java library that implements the Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) spec suite and the closely related JSON Web Token (JWT) spec.
• jJWT - Java JWT: JSON Web Token for Java and Android.

JavaScript

• jsrsasign - The 'jsrsasign' (RSA-Sign JavaScript Library) is an opensource free cryptography library supporting RSA/RSAPSS/ECDSA/DSA signing/validation, ASN.1, PKCS#1/5/8 private/public key, X.509 certificate, CRL, OCSP, CMS SignedData, TimeStamp, CAdES JSON Web Signature/Token in pure JavaScript.
• angular2-jwt - Helper library for handling JWTs in Angular 2 apps.
• jwt-decode - Decode JWT tokens, useful for browser applications.

Lua

• lua-reasty-jwt - The Great Openresty's JWT.

.Net

• jose-jwt - Ultimate Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) and JSON Web Token (JWT) Implementation for .NET and .NET Core.
• jose-rt - WinRT (Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1) implementation of Javascript Object Signing and Encryption (JOSE) and JSON Web Token (JWT).
• azure-activedirectory-identitymodel-extensions-for-dotnet - IdentityModel extensions for .Net.
• Jwt.Net - Implementation for .NET.

Node.js

• Node-jsonwebtoken - Implementation for Node.js.
• nJWT - Node.js JWT support.
• express-jwt - Connect/express middleware that validates a JsonWebToken (JWT) and set the req.user with the attributes.
• express-jwt-authz - Validate the JWT scope to authorize access to an endpoint.
• express-jwt-permissions - Express middleware for JWT permissions.
• socketio-jwt - Authenticate socket.io incoming connections with JWTs.

Objective-C

• JWT - JSON Web Token implementation in Objective-C.

Perl

• perl-Crypt-JWT - Implements JSON Web Token (JWT, JWS, JWE).

PHP

• php-jwt - Simple library to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in PHP.

Python

• pyjwt - Implementation in Python.
• python-jose - JOSE implementation in Python.

Ruby

• ruby-jwt - Pure ruby implementation of the RFC 7519 OAuth JSON Web Token (JWT) standard.
• json-jwt - JSON Web Signature, JSON Web Encryption and JSON Web Key and JWT in Ruby.
• json_web_token - Ruby implementation of the JSON Web Token (JWT) standard, RFC 7519.

Rust

• frank_jwt - Implementation in Rust.

Scala

• authentikat-jwt - JWT Scala Implementation, Claims based auth for Scala.
• jwt-scala - Support for Scala.
• jwt - Scala implementation of the JWT specification.

Swift

• JSONWebToken - Swift implementation of JSON Web Token (JWT).
• jwt - Implementation in Swift.

Tools

• JWT.io - Decode, verify and generate JWT online.
• JWT Debugger - Chrome Extenstion for debugging JWT.
• JSONWebToken.io - Encode or Decode JWTs online.
• JWT Inspector - Chrome Extension to inspect JWT.

Tutorials

Articles

• JWT Introduction - Introduction to JSON Web Tokens.
• The Anatomy of a JSON Web Token - Getting to know JSON Web Tokens.

Videos

• JSON Web Token (JWT) Introduction by EggHead.io - Basic introduction to the mechanics of JWTs and the application we will be building in an AngularJS lesson series.

Presentations

• JSON Web Tokens - Presentation done at Colombo JS Meetup by Thameera Senanayaka.

Podcasts

Books

• JWT Handbook - Learn everything you wanted to know about JSON Web Tokens.

Blogs

Courses

• Creating Apps With AngularJS, Node, and Token Authentication by Pluralsight - Learn about Authentication, Authorization, and OAuth2 with Node Express and Angular.
• AngularJS Authentication with JWT by EggHead.io - In this series, Kent will be building a simple application to get random user information from a node server with an Angular client.

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