hokaccha/node-jwt-simple

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1357 stars · 139 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A small Node.js library for encoding and decoding JWT (JSON Web Token) strings with a simple encode/decode API. It supports HS256, HS384, HS512, and RS256 algorithms with signature verification on decode.

Use cases

• encode a payload as a jwt in node.js
• decode and verify a web token
• issue simple auth tokens for an api
• sign tokens with hs256 or rs256
• read jwt payload without a heavy dependency

When to choose

• you need a minimal, dependency-light jwt encode/decode utility in Node.js
• you only need basic HMAC or RS256 signing and verification
• you want a simple api without claims validation features

When to avoid

• you need advanced jwt features like claims validation, expiration checks, or key rotation
• you need asymmetric algorithms beyond RS256 such as ES256 or PS256
• you are working outside Node.js

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

auth serialization security security web-development backend apis jwt -web-token token-encoding token-decoding hs256 rs256 nodejs

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