graphql-directive-auth vs nexus-shield

graphql-directive-auth

GraphQL directive for handling auth (by graphql-community)

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nexus-shield

🛡 Nexus plugin to ease the creation of the authorization layer (by Sytten)

nexus-schema GraphQL Plugin Authorization

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graphql-directive-auth		nexus-shield
	Project
1	Mentions	3
138	Stars	93
0.0%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	5 months ago
TypeScript	Language	TypeScript
MIT License	License	MIT License

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graphql-directive-auth

Posts with mentions or reviews of graphql-directive-auth. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-05.

User authentication with GraphQL - how the fuck?
2 projects | /r/flask | 5 Jun 2021

nexus-shield

Posts with mentions or reviews of nexus-shield. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-23.

Isomorphic authentication / authorization
1 project | dev.to | 23 Feb 2022

Since we don't want to repeat the same authorization patterns over and over again in our resolvers, we'll implement re-usable authorization rules using nexus-shield:
Nuxt3 ❤️ GraphQL
3 projects | dev.to | 23 Feb 2022

Nexus Shield
Nexus + Prisma resolver auth in Next.js
3 projects | dev.to | 22 Feb 2021

As you see here, we use a nexus-shield plugin. With the help of this plugin we can set custom rules for specific resolvers.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing graphql-directive-auth and nexus-shield you can also consider the following projects:

react-auth-kit - Powerful Auth Management library for ReactJs-based applications

node-casbin - An authorization library that supports access control models like ACL, RBAC, ABAC in Node.js and Browser

Auth0.Android - Android toolkit for Auth0 API

next-auth - Authentication for the Web.

apollo-server - 🌍 Spec-compliant and production ready JavaScript GraphQL server that lets you develop in a schema-first way. Built for Express, Connect, Hapi, Koa, and more.

auth-nest-graphql - nest on top of fastify with mongo and graphql passwort jwt and bcrypt

API Platform - Create REST and GraphQL APIs, scaffold Jamstack webapps, stream changes in real-time.

accesscontrol - Role and Attribute based Access Control for Node.js

nexus-plugin-prisma - Deprecated