# panva/jose

JWA, JWS, JWE, JWT, JWK, JWKS for Node.js, Browser, Cloudflare Workers, Deno, Bun, and other Web-interoperable runtimes

Repository: https://github.com/panva/jose
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/jose
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: jose, jwa, jwe, jwk, jws, jwks, jwt, jsonwebtoken, deno, node, browser, cloudflare-workers, bun
Last push: 2026-08-24T23:06:47+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 99/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2857, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 12, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 36}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 7767, forks 378 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:04.882924+00:00)

## What it is
A zero-dependency JavaScript/TypeScript library implementing JSON Object Signing and Encryption standards (JWA, JWS, JWE, JWT, JWK, JWKS). It works across Web-interoperable runtimes including Node.js, browsers, Cloudflare Workers, Deno, and Bun.

## Use cases
- sign and verify json web tokens in node.js
- verify jwt with remote jwks from an auth provider
- encrypt and decrypt jwe tokens
- issue and validate access tokens in a cloudflare worker
- manage json web keys and key sets in javascript

## When to choose
- you need standards-compliant JWT/JWS/JWE handling in JavaScript
- you need a runtime-agnostic library with zero dependencies
- you verify tokens against remote identity provider JWKS endpoints
- you want tree-shakeable ESM for edge or serverless deployments

## When to avoid
- you need a full authentication/identity solution rather than token primitives
- you work outside JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystems
- you need non-JOSE token formats like PASETO or simple opaque session tokens

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: cryptography, auth, serialization, security
- domain: security, web-development, developer-tools, apis
- platform: bun, browser, cloud, cross-platform
- tags: jwt, jose, jws, jwe, jwk, jwks, zero-dependencies, tree-shakeable, typescript, esm, nodejs, deno

## Member repositories
- panva/jose (main) score 99

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:04.882924+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 2026-08-29T17:35:05.206334+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/panva/jose (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:04.882924+00:00, sha 6787c995aa95)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.