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jws

Implementation of JSON Web Signatures

v4.0.1, 4 Dec 2025MITCommonJSTypes: None
$ npm install jws

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
61.8m
+88% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
9 months ago
v4.0.1
GitHub stars
719
136 forks
Open issues / PRs
20 / 13
Contributors
24
Commits, last 52 weeks
9

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
025m50m75m100mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 85.2m (25 Aug 2026)Low 24.1m (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.

61,783,336 downloads last week, 307,616,670 in the last month. The 12-month change of +88% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
225 in total
Latest version
4.0.1, 4 Dec 20259 months ago
First published
16 Jan 2013
Last push to GitHub
25 Jun 202691 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
20
Open pull requests
13
Commits, last 52 weeks
9
Dependents on npm
456

Major versions

  1. v4 first release 4.0.0, 16 Dec 2019
  2. v3 first release 3.0.0, 8 Apr 2015
  3. v2 first release 2.0.0, 30 Jan 2015
  4. v1 first release 1.0.0, 7 Dec 2014
  5. v0 first release 0.0.1, 16 Jan 2013

Recent releases

VersionPublished
4.0.14 Dec 2025
3.2.34 Dec 2025
4.0.016 Dec 2019
3.2.216 Mar 2019
3.2.127 Jan 2019
3.2.025 Jan 2019
3.1.514 May 2018
3.1.43 Nov 2016
3.1.318 Feb 2016
3.1.218 Feb 2016
3.1.117 Jan 2016
3.1.016 Jul 2015
3.0.08 Apr 2015
2.0.030 Jan 2015
Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
18 kB
Dependencies (2)
jwasafe-buffer
npm install jws
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/jws@4.0.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/jws@4.0.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/jws@4.0.1
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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