express-jwt VS node-jwks-rsa

Compare express-jwt vs node-jwks-rsa and see what are their differences.

express-jwt

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

node-jwks-rsa

A library to retrieve RSA public keys from a JWKS (JSON Web Key Set) endpoint. (by auth0)
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express-jwt node-jwks-rsa
3 1
4,452 814
0.4% 1.0%
2.6 6.8
17 days ago about 1 month ago
TypeScript JavaScript
MIT 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.

node-jwks-rsa

Posts with mentions or reviews of node-jwks-rsa. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-30.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing express-jwt and node-jwks-rsa you can also consider the following projects:

next-auth - Authentication for the Web.

express-openid-connect - An Express.js middleware to protect OpenID Connect web applications.

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

auth0-nodejs-webapp-sample - Auth0 Integration Samples for Node Web Applications

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

auth0.js - Auth0 headless browser sdk

php-jwt - PHP package for JWT

lock - Auth0's signin solution

jwt-decode - Decode JWT tokens; useful for browser applications.

Cookbook - The Data Engineering Cookbook

redux - A JS library for predictable global state management