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cesg/jwt-token-guard
====================

Laravel simple JWT token guard

v0.5.0(3y ago)01.5kMITPHPPHP ^7.4|^8.0|^8.1CI failing

Since Jan 25Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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jwt-token-guard
===============

[](#jwt-token-guard)

Laravel simple JWT token guard

Install
=======

[](#install)

```
composer require cesg/jwt-token-guard
```

Configure
=========

[](#configure)

Configure the auth driver

```
'api' => [
    'driver' => 'jwt',
    'provider' => 'users',
    'key' => env('JWT_KEY', \md5(env('APP_NAME'))),
],
```

Example secret key

```
openssl rand -hex 64
```

Usage
=====

[](#usage)

Javascript
----------

[](#javascript)

```
const token = '';
axios.defaults.headers.common['Authorization'] = `Bearer ${token}`;
```

Laravel
-------

[](#laravel)

```
protected function authenticated(Request $request, $user)
{
    $jwt = JWT::encode([
        'sub' => $user->getAuthIdentifier(),
        'iss' => config('app.name'),
        'iat' => now()->timestamp,
    ], config('auth.guards.api.key'));

    session(\compact('jwt'));
}
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~219 days

Recently: every ~272 days

Total

6

Last Release

1253d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)v0.1.0PHP ^7.2

v0.3.0PHP ^7.3

v0.4.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0

v0.5.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0|^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/bc7b0f295d45cfc290ee707077214196c93ef640088c89331bbd2204766dc27e?d=identicon)[cesg](/maintainers/cesg)

---

Top Contributors

[![cesg](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/896275?v=4)](https://github.com/cesg "cesg (18 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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