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phpexperts/jwt-helper
=====================

An accessory library for Tymon's JWTAuth library.

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Since Oct 7Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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JWTHelper
=========

[](#jwthelper)

JWTHelper is an accessory library for Tymon's JWTAuth library.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
// Attempts to authenticate a user's bearer token.
JWTHelper::authenticate();

```

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

[](#installation)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require phpexperts/jwt-helper
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ phpunit
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please take a look at [contributing.md](contributing.md) if you want to make improvements.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Theodore R. Smith](https://www.phpexperts.pro/%5D)

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT license. Please see the [license file](license.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~73 days

Recently: every ~110 days

Total

7

Last Release

2056d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.5.0PHP >=7.0

v0.6.3PHP >=7.1

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

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Tags

jwtlaravel

###  Code Quality

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