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jsonwebtoken

JSON Web Token implementation (symmetric and asymmetric)

v9.0.3, 4 Dec 2025MITCommonJSTypes: NoneAuthentication and authorisation
$ npm install jsonwebtoken
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
40.6m
+100% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
10
Direct, from package.json
Last release
9 months ago
v9.0.3
GitHub stars
18.2k
1.3k forks
Open issues / PRs
139 / 72
Contributors
108
Commits, last 52 weeks
5

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020m40m60mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 57.3m (25 Aug 2026)Low 15.5m (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.

40,587,793 downloads last week, 204,629,730 in the last month. The 12-month change of +100% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
182 in total
Latest version
9.0.3, 4 Dec 20259 months ago
First published
1 Jul 2013
Last push to GitHub
25 Jun 202691 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
139
Open pull requests
72
Commits, last 52 weeks
5
Dependents on npm
37,164

Major versions

  1. v9 first release 9.0.0, 21 Dec 2022
  2. v8 first release 8.0.0, 6 Sept 2017
  3. v7 first release 7.0.0, 19 May 2016
  4. v6 first release 6.0.0, 27 Apr 2016
  5. v5 first release 5.0.0, 10 Apr 2015
  6. v4 first release 4.0.0, 6 Mar 2015
  7. v3 first release 3.0.0, 29 Dec 2014
  8. v2 first release 2.0.0, 20 Dec 2014
  9. v1 first release 1.0.0, 23 Aug 2014
  10. v0 first release 0.1.0, 1 Jul 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
9.0.34 Dec 2025
9.0.230 Aug 2023
9.0.15 Jul 2023
9.0.021 Dec 2022
8.5.118 Mar 2019
8.5.020 Feb 2019
8.4.014 Nov 2018
8.3.011 Jun 2018
8.2.230 May 2018
8.2.15 Apr 2018
8.2.02 Mar 2018
8.1.122 Jan 2018
8.1.09 Oct 2017
8.0.112 Sept 2017

Compatibility

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=12
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
42 kB
Dependencies (10)
msjwssemverlodash.oncelodash.includeslodash.isnumberlodash.isstringlodash.isbooleanlodash.isintegerlodash.isplainobject

Install

npm install jsonwebtoken

CDN

jsDelivr: 230.3k requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/jsonwebtoken@9.0.3/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/jsonwebtoken@9.0.3/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/jsonwebtoken@9.0.3

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
fast-jwt885.3k-21 days agoCommonJS-
njwt483.9k-2 years agoCommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.