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lukevear/jwt-auth-guard
=======================

A Laravel 5.3 compatible auth guard for tymondesigns/jwt-auth

1.0.1(9y ago)811.2k2MITPHPPHP >=7.0

Since Sep 22Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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Laravel JWT Auth Guard
======================

[](#laravel-jwt-auth-guard)

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This package provides an authentication guard for the `tymon/jwt-auth` package (< 1.0.0) when using Laravel or Lumen 5.3.

> NOTE: The `tymon/jwt-auth` package as of 1.0.\* supplies its own guard.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Before you can use this package, you must configure the jwt-auth package according to the project [WIKI](https://github.com/tymondesigns/jwt-auth/wiki/Installation).

Once you have installed and configured the jtw-auth package, add `lukevear/jwt-auth-guard` to your `composer.json`:

```
"lukevear/jwt-auth-guard": "1.*"
```

Then you can run `composer update` to grab the latest and greatest version.

Alternatively, you may install this package directly from the command line:

```
composer require "lukevear/jwt-auth-guard:1.*"
```

You'll need need to activate the service provider, which you can do in `config/app.php`:

```
'providers' => [
    ...
    LukeVear\JWTAuthGuard\JWTAuthGuardServiceProvider::class,
]
```

Finally, configure the authentication guard in `config/auth.php`:

```
'guards' => [
    ...

    'api' => [
        'driver'   => 'jwt-auth',
        ...
    ],
],
```

What's next?
------------

[](#whats-next)

Enjoy JWT based token authentication in your Laravel/Lumen 5.3 application!

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity27

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.5% 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 ~55 days

Total

2

Last Release

3505d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11508219?v=4)[Luke Vear](/maintainers/lukevear)[@lukevear](https://github.com/lukevear)

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