Package

jwa

JWA implementation (supports all JWS algorithms)

v2.0.1, 7 May 2025MITCommonJSTypes: NoneCryptography and hashing Authentication and authorisation

$ npm install jwa

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 61.4m; +85% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 3; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v2.0.1
GitHub stars: -
Open issues / PRs: - / -
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: -

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

61,427,694 downloads last week, 305,753,874 in the last month. The 12-month change of +85% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 021 in total
Latest version: 2.0.1, 7 May 20251 year ago
First published: 10 Feb 2013
Last push to GitHub: -
Repository archived: -
Open issues: -
Open pull requests: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: -
Dependents on npm: 129

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 15 Dec 2019
v1 first release 1.0.0, 11 Jan 2015
v0 first release 0.0.0, 10 Feb 2013

Recent releases

Version	Published
1.4.2	7 May 2025
2.0.1	7 May 2025
2.0.0	15 Dec 2019
1.4.1	16 Mar 2019
1.4.0	2 Mar 2019
1.3.0	20 Feb 2019
1.2.0	25 Jan 2019
1.1.6	14 May 2018
1.1.5	5 Dec 2016
1.1.4	3 Nov 2016
1.1.3	18 Feb 2016
1.1.2	18 Feb 2016
1.1.1	10 Nov 2015
1.1.0	16 Jul 2015

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 14 kB
Dependencies (3): safe-bufferecdsa-sig-formatterbuffer-equal-constant-time

Install

npm install jwa

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/jwa@2.0.1/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/jwa@2.0.1/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/jwa@2.0.1

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bcryptjs Optimized bcrypt in plain JavaScript with zero dependencies, with TypeScript support. Compatible to 'bcrypt'.	9.7m	-	10 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
iron-webcrypto a cryptographic utility for sealing-unsealing a JSON object using symmetric key encryption with message integrity verification	8.5m	-	9 months ago	ESM only	-
bcrypt A bcrypt library for NodeJS.	4.5m	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-
@hapi/iron Encapsulated tokens (encrypted and mac'ed objects)	1.2m	-	3 years ago	CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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