# square/go-jose

An implementation of JOSE standards (JWE, JWS, JWT) in Go

Repository: https://github.com/square/go-jose
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/go-jose
License Family: other
Topics: jose, go, json-web-encryption, json-web-signature, jwe, jws, jwt, json-web-token, crypto, signing, encryption
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-01-10T17:50:06+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4310, "days_push": 1331, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1956, forks 276 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:59.066504+00:00)

## What it is
A Go library implementing the JOSE standards (JWE, JWS, JWT) for JSON-based signing and encryption. This Square repository is deprecated and archived; development continues at go-jose/go-jose.

## Use cases
- sign and verify JWTs in Go
- encrypt payloads with JWE
- validate JSON web tokens from OAuth providers
- implement JWS signatures for API requests
- migrate from square/go-jose to go-jose/go-jose

## When to choose
- you are maintaining legacy code already pinned to square/go-jose v1/v2

## When to avoid
- starting any new Go project needing JOSE/JWT support
- you need security fixes or updates
- you want maintained software

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: cryptography, serialization, auth
- domain: security, developer-tools, apis
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: jose, jwt, jws, jwe, deprecated, use-go-jose-go-jose-instead

## Member repositories
- square/go-jose (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.066504+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:06:14.498849+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/square/go-jose (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:59.066504+00:00, sha 5bcac5c71923)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.