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express-jwt

JWT authentication middleware.

v8.5.1, 9 Dec 2024MITCommonJSTypes: BundledHTTP servers and web frameworks
$ npm install express-jwt
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
594.8k
+28% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 year ago
v8.5.1
GitHub stars
4.5k
444 forks
Open issues / PRs
50 / 15
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
4

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0250k500k750k1mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 955.1k (21 Jul 2026)Low 262k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

594,797 downloads last week, 2,812,167 in the last month. The 12-month change of +28% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
073 in total
Latest version
8.5.1, 9 Dec 20241 year ago
First published
23 Oct 2013
Last push to GitHub
25 Jun 202691 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
50
Open pull requests
15
Commits, last 52 weeks
4
Dependents on npm
1,071

Major versions

  1. v8 first release 8.0.0, 22 Dec 2022
  2. v7 first release 7.0.0, 20 Apr 2022
  3. v6 first release 6.0.0, 29 Jun 2020
  4. v5 first release 5.0.0, 5 Sept 2016
  5. v3 first release 3.0.0, 11 Apr 2015
  6. v2 first release 2.0.0, 6 Mar 2015
  7. v1 first release 1.0.0, 15 Jan 2015
  8. v0 first release 0.1.0, 23 Oct 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
8.5.19 Dec 2024
8.5.09 Dec 2024
7.7.824 Jun 2024
8.4.16 Feb 2023
8.4.027 Jan 2023
8.3.04 Jan 2023
8.2.126 Dec 2022
8.2.022 Dec 2022
8.1.022 Dec 2022
8.0.022 Dec 2022
7.7.724 Oct 2022
7.7.624 Oct 2022
7.7.531 May 2022
7.7.431 May 2022

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 8.0.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
28 kB
Dependencies (3)
jsonwebtokenexpress-unless@types/jsonwebtoken

Install

npm install express-jwt

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/express-jwt@8.5.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/express-jwt@8.5.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/express-jwt@8.5.1

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
koa-jwt48.6k-3 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.