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web-token/jwt-library
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JWT library

4.1.7(4w ago)2015.5M—7%820MITPHPPHP >=8.2

Since Feb 22Pushed 4w ago2 watchersCompare

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PHP JWT Library
===============

[](#php-jwt-library)

This repository is a sub repository of [the JWT Framework](https://github.com/web-token/jwt-framework) project and is READ ONLY.

**Please do not submit any Pull Request here.**You should go to [the main repository](https://github.com/web-token/jwt-framework) instead.

Documentation
=============

[](#documentation)

The official documentation is available as

Licence
=======

[](#licence)

This software is release under [MIT licence](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

66

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FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity58

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community36

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.2% 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 ~22 days

Recently: every ~13 days

Total

38

Last Release

28d ago

Major Versions

3.4.4 → 4.0.02024-06-24

3.4.6 → 4.0.12024-07-09

3.4.8 → 4.0.52025-08-05

3.4.9 → 4.1.12025-11-17

3.4.10 → 4.0.72026-06-06

PHP version history (3 changes)3.3.0PHP >=8.1

4.0.0PHP >=8.3

4.0.1PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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