jazzband/django-rest-knox

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1259 stars · 226 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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django-rest-knox is a token-based authentication library for Django REST Framework that improves on DRF's built-in TokenAuthentication. It supports one token per device, securely hashed token storage, and configurable token expiry.

Use cases

• token authentication for django rest framework apis
• support multiple device logins with separate tokens per user
• store auth tokens securely hashed in the database
• add token expiry to drf authentication
• implement server-side logout that deletes tokens
• force logout of all clients by invalidating all tokens

When to choose

• you use Django REST Framework and need per-device tokens
• you want tokens stored as secure hashes rather than plaintext
• you need configurable token expiration and server-side logout

When to avoid

• you use JWT-based authentication instead of database-backed tokens
• your project does not use Django or Django REST Framework
• you need OAuth or social login flows, which Knox does not provide

Facets

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auth security web-development backend security apis python django django-rest-framework token-authentication rest-api web-server

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