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smarcet/jose4php
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JWT, JWS, JWE, JWA and JWK implementation in PHP

2.0.0(11mo ago)317.1k↓46.9%3[2 PRs](https://github.com/smarcet/JOSE4PHP/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.3CI passing

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JOSE4PHP
========

[](#jose4php)

JSON Web Token (JWT)/JSON Web Signature (JWS)/JSON Web Key (JWK)/JSON Web Encryption (JWE)/JSON Web Algorithms (JWA) Implementation

```
* https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7519
* https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7515
* https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7516
* https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7517
* https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7518

```

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Prerequisites
-------------

[](#prerequisites)

```
* LAMP/LEMP environment
* PHP >= 7.2
* composer (https://getcomposer.org/)

```

Install
-------

[](#install)

run following commands on root folder

```
* curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
* php composer.phar install --prefer-dist
* php composer.phar dump-autoload --optimize
* vendor/bin/phpunit --bootstrap vendor/autoload.php

```

###  Health Score

56

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance72

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity88

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 97.2% 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 ~226 days

Recently: every ~888 days

Total

17

Last Release

347d ago

Major Versions

1.0.17 → 2.0.02025-06-05

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3

1.0.16PHP >=7.1.3

2.0.0PHP ^8.3

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2577122?v=4)[sebastian marcet](/maintainers/smarcet)[@smarcet](https://github.com/smarcet)

---

Top Contributors

[![smarcet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2577122?v=4)](https://github.com/smarcet "smarcet (70 commits)")[![scrutinizer-auto-fixer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6253494?v=4)](https://github.com/scrutinizer-auto-fixer "scrutinizer-auto-fixer (2 commits)")

---

Tags

jose-jwtjwt-tokenjwtJWSJWEJOSEjwaJSON Web TokenJSON Web SignatureOpenID ConnectJSON Web EncryptionID TokenJSON Web Algorithms

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/smarcet-jose4php/health.svg)

```
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```

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