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mslwk/jwt
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JSON Web Token handling library

1.0.2(7y ago)013MITPHPPHP ^7.0.0

Since Jul 24Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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JSON Web Token encoder/decoder
==============================

[](#json-web-token-encoderdecoder)

The library provides dead easy way of creating and verifing JSON Web Tokens.

### Installation

[](#installation)

Use composer to include the library in your project.

```
composer require mslwk/jwt

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

#### Generating a token

[](#generating-a-token)

Include the Generator class:

[![Alt text](docs/include_generator.png?raw=true "Include the generator")](docs/include_generator.png?raw=true)

Generate a token:

[![Alt text](docs/use_generator.png?raw=true "Generate a token")](docs/use_generator.png?raw=true)

#### Verifing a token

[](#verifing-a-token)

Include the Generator class:

[![Alt text](docs/include_verifier.png?raw=true "Include the verifier")](docs/include_verifier.png?raw=true)

Generate a token:

[![Alt text](docs/use_verifier.png?raw=true "Verify the token")](docs/use_verifier.png?raw=true)

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

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 ~147 days

Total

3

Last Release

2916d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/4dd1db0bcc71b12f314bdce40703dc572ce6d093a2ff56845f19ddd816283436?d=identicon)[mslwk](/maintainers/mslwk)

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Top Contributors

[![maciejslawik](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11910648?v=4)](https://github.com/maciejslawik "maciejslawik (1 commits)")

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Tags

jwtphpjwt

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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