paragonie/paseto
Platform-Agnostic Security Tokens observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
40/100
- Activity 32
- Release rhythm 16
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 170
- age_days: 3165
- days_rel: 410
- days_push: 410
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
3398 stars · 109 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
A PHP reference implementation of PASETO (Platform-Agnostic Security Tokens), a secure alternative to JWT/JWS/JWE. It supports PASETO protocol versions v3 and v4 for creating and verifying cryptographically sound tokens.
Use cases
- issue and verify secure session tokens in PHP
- replace JWT with a safer token standard
- sign and encrypt stateless API tokens
- implement token-based authentication without JOSE pitfalls
- create platform-agnostic security tokens
When to choose
- you need secure tokens in a PHP 8.1+ application
- you want to avoid JWT's known design flaws
- you need a well-audited reference implementation of PASETO
When to avoid
- you must interoperate with existing JWT-based systems
- your project requires PHP older than 8.1 without upgrading
- you need PASERK key wrapping, which requires the separate paserk-php package
Facets
library · maturity stable
auth cryptography security serialization security web-development developer-tools php paseto jwt-alternative tokens php-library
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/paragonie/paseto · fetched 2026-08-28 · 4c0e38743526
- homepage: https://paseto.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · b6e559447e9f
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| paragonie/paseto | main | 40 |
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