jwt VS aws-jwt-verify

Compare jwt vs aws-jwt-verify and see what are their differences.

jwt

JWT utilities module based on the jsonwebtoken package 🔓 (by nestjs)

aws-jwt-verify

JS library for verifying JWTs signed by Amazon Cognito, and any OIDC-compatible IDP that signs JWTs with RS256, RS384, and RS512 (by awslabs)
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jwt aws-jwt-verify
4 2
565 577
3.0% 4.5%
9.5 6.2
6 days ago 20 days ago
TypeScript TypeScript
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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jwt

Posts with mentions or reviews of jwt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-14.

aws-jwt-verify

Posts with mentions or reviews of aws-jwt-verify. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-04.
  • JWT authorizer for Cognito with Client Credentials Flow
    1 project | /r/aws | 29 Dec 2022
    Have you looked into aws-jwt-verify? https://github.com/awslabs/aws-jwt-verify
  • Open Standards, Security, Azure AD and AWS
    3 projects | dev.to | 4 Nov 2021
    Anything that can or should work with Azure AD is a fair game for me. So you can imagine how excited I got when I saw the awesome new library ( aws-jwt-verify) from the AWS that could perform token validation with 1st and 3rd party Identity Providers. So I got to work and built a Node.js app to test the library...

What are some alternatives?

When comparing jwt and aws-jwt-verify you can also consider the following projects:

passport - Passport module for Nest framework (node.js) 🔑

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

node-jsonwebtoken - JsonWebToken implementation for node.js http://self-issued.info/docs/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token.html

VerifyAzureADTokensWithAWSLib

nest-e-commerce-boilerplate - Backend for Ecommerce platform using Nest + PostgreSQL + TypeORM

Angular-Full-Stack - Angular Full Stack project built using Angular, Express, Mongoose and Node. Whole stack in TypeScript.

nest-websockets-chat-boilerplate - Realtime chat with rooms using Nest + Websockets

awayto - Awayto is a curated development platform, producing great value with minimal investment. With all the ways there are to reach a solution, it's important to understand the landscape of tools to use.

express-jwt-authentication - Simple and lightweight Express middleware written in TypeScript to easily handle user authentication with JWT.

foal - Full-featured Node.js framework, with no complexity. 🚀 Simple and easy to use, TypeScript-based and well-documented.

Nest - A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀

SecureNodeAPIWithAAD