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[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) 4. / 5. lexik/jwt-authentication-bundle ActiveSymfony-bundle[HTTP & Networking](/categories/http) lexik/jwt-authentication-bundle =============================== This bundle provides JWT authentication for your Symfony REST API v3.2.0(4mo ago)2.6k58.7M—2.9%618[99 issues](https://github.com/lexik/LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle/issues)[16 PRs](https://github.com/lexik/LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle/pulls)20MITPHPPHP >=8.2CI passing Since May 16Pushed 1mo ago52 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/lexik/LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/lexik/jwt-authentication-bundle)[ Docs](https://github.com/lexik/LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/chalasr)[ Fund](https://tidelift.com/funding/github/packagist/lexik/jwt-authentication-bundle)[ RSS](/packages/lexik-jwt-authentication-bundle/feed)WikiDiscussions 3.x Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (21)Versions (96)Used By (20)Security (2) LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle ============================ [](#lexikjwtauthenticationbundle) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/322eddcb7a308a8c93fa62473addbabe6fad758a18d470e97fb2a6463f5dad87/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6c6578696b2f6a77742d61757468656e7469636174696f6e2d62756e646c652f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/lexik/jwt-authentication-bundle) This bundle provides JWT (Json Web Token) authentication for your Symfony API. It is compatible (and tested) with PHP > 8.2 and Symfony > 6.4 up to 8. Documentation ------------- [](#documentation) The bulk of the documentation is stored in the [`Resources/doc`](Resources/doc/index.rst) directory of this bundle: - [Getting started](Resources/doc/index.rst#getting-started) - [Prerequisites](Resources/doc/index.rst#prerequisites) - [Installation](Resources/doc/index.rst#installation) - [Configuration](Resources/doc/index.rst#configuration) - [Usage](Resources/doc/index.rst#usage) - [Notes](Resources/doc/index.rst#notes) - [Further documentation](Resources/doc/index.rst#further-documentation) - [Configuration reference](Resources/doc/1-configuration-reference.rst) - [Data customization and validation](Resources/doc/2-data-customization.rst) - [Functional testing](Resources/doc/3-functional-testing.rst) - [Working with CORS requests](Resources/doc/4-cors-requests.rst) - [JWT encoder service customization](Resources/doc/5-encoder-service.rst) - [Extending Authenticator](Resources/doc/6-extending-jwt-authenticator.rst) - [Creating JWT tokens programmatically](Resources/doc/7-manual-token-creation.rst) - [A database-less user provider](Resources/doc/8-jwt-user-provider.rst) - [Accessing the authenticated JWT token](Resources/doc/9-access-authenticated-jwt-token.rst) - [Invalidate token on logout](Resources/doc/11-invalidate-token.rst) Community Support ----------------- [](#community-support) Please consider [opening a question on StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask) using the [`lexikjwtauthbundle` tag](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/lexikjwtauthbundle), it is the official support platform for this bundle. Github Issues are dedicated to bug reports and feature requests. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) See the [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) file. Sponsoring ---------- [](#sponsoring) Huge thanks to [Blackfire](https://blackfire.io) and [JetBrains](https://jetbrains.com) for providing this project with free open-source licenses. [![Blackfire](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7502063/178457752-520de30a-a2bc-4529-983b-6a3ff4f76045.png)](https://blackfire.io) If you or your company use this package, please consider [sponsoring its maintenance and development](https://github.com/sponsors/chalasr). Upgrading from 1.x ------------------ [](#upgrading-from-1x) Please see the [UPGRADE](UPGRADE-2.0.md) file. Credits ------- [](#credits) - [Robin Chalas](https://github.com/chalasr) - Lexik - [All contributors](https://github.com/lexik/LexikJWTAuthenticationBundle/graphs/contributors) License ------- [](#license) This bundle is under the MIT license. For the whole copyright, see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file distributed with this source code. ### Health Score 81 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance82 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity80 Widely adopted with strong download metrics Community57 Growing community involvement Maturity92 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 76.4% 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. 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