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redrockrasta/php-jwt
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A simple library to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in PHP.

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Since Aug 18Pushed 12y ago1 watchersCompare

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PHP-JWT
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[](#php-jwt)

A simple library to encode and decode JSON Web Tokens (JWT) in PHP. Should conform to the [current spec](http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-json-web-token-06)

\####Documentation will be available soon

License
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[](#license)

[3-Clause BSD](http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause).

###  Health Score

21

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LowBetter than 17% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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.

### Community

Maintainers

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