express-jwt vs jwt-decode

express-jwt

connect/express middleware that validates a JsonWebToken (JWT) and set the req.user with the attributes (by auth0)

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jwt-decode

Decode JWT tokens; useful for browser applications. (by auth0)

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express-jwt		jwt-decode
	Project
3	Mentions	4
4,452	Stars	3,073
0.1%	Growth	0.7%
2.6	Activity	8.7
20 days ago	Latest Commit	2 days ago
TypeScript	Language	TypeScript
MIT License	License	MIT License

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express-jwt

Posts with mentions or reviews of express-jwt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-31.

Career advice
2 projects | /r/PinoyProgrammer | 31 Aug 2022
Introducing the OAuth 2.0 Express SDK for Protecting APIs with JWT Bearer Tokens
3 projects | /r/u_robertinoc | 30 Mar 2022

Auth0’s previous advice for protecting Express APIs was with a combination of three SDKs: express-jwt, express-jwt-authz, and jwks-rsa. And whilst these work well and are popular SDKs, we felt the developer experience could be improved.
Demystifying JWT: How to secure your next web app
2 projects | dev.to | 5 Jan 2021

Express-jwt: a great package that seamlessly integrates into Node.js Express apps. I highly recommend it if you’re building with Node.js and Express.

jwt-decode

Posts with mentions or reviews of jwt-decode. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-08.

What is the best way to implement in-app purchases without a third-party service?
4 projects | /r/swift | 8 Mar 2023

Now I should mention it's NOT recommended to do this manually. There are great libraries that can help (examples PHP/NodeJS). For the sake of completeness here's how you do it.
Angular auth oidc: Is there a way to I know how much time left until the current session get expired?
3 projects | /r/Angular2 | 15 Mar 2022

A JS library i found for decoding JWT: https://github.com/auth0/jwt-decode
Create an Electron desktop app version of jwt.io
2 projects | dev.to | 30 Jun 2021

https://github.com/auth0/jwt-decode Again, thanks the developers.
Get Kontent Project ID from the Management API key
2 projects | dev.to | 22 Mar 2021

To do all of that, the code would end up looking like that (or any other language alternative) - or you just use a library like jwt-decode. But it is always good to know what they do.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing express-jwt and jwt-decode you can also consider the following projects:

next-auth - Authentication for the Web.

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

electron-vue - An Electron & Vue.js quick start boilerplate with vue-cli scaffolding, common Vue plugins, electron-packager/electron-builder, unit/e2e testing, vue-devtools, and webpack.

node-jwks-rsa - A library to retrieve RSA public keys from a JWKS (JSON Web Key Set) endpoint.

angular-auth-oidc-client - npm package for OpenID Connect, OAuth Code Flow with PKCE, Refresh tokens, Implicit Flow

express-jwt-authz - Validate the JWT scope to authorize access to an endpoint

cloudfront-auth - An AWS CloudFront Lambda@Edge function to authenticate requests using Google Apps, Microsoft, Auth0, OKTA, and GitHub login

php-jwt - PHP package for JWT

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frank_jwt - JSON Web Token implementation in Rust.