jwt VS passport

Compare jwt vs passport and see what are their differences.

jwt

JWT utilities module based on the jsonwebtoken package 🔓 (by nestjs)
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jwt passport
4 2
565 476
3.0% 1.7%
9.5 9.5
6 days ago 5 days ago
TypeScript TypeScript
MIT License MIT License
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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.

passport

Posts with mentions or reviews of passport. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-29.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing jwt and passport you can also consider the following projects:

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

passport-magic-login - Passwordless authentication with magic links for Passport.js.