LiteRT/JWT

The JWT (JSON Web Token) implementation library written in TypeScript, for Node.js.

By now, this library only supports JWT with JWS (JSON Web Signature).

Installation

npm i @litert/jwt --save

Features

• ✔️ All mainly signing JWA algorithms are supported。

  RSA	HMAC	ECDSA	EdDSA	ML-DSA

  ML-DSA only supported in Node.js v24.6.0 or newer.

• ✔️ Signing and verifying JWTs

  There are two kinds of APIs for signing and verifying JWTs:

  • Core APIs

    • function stringify()

      Sign and generate a JWT string directly.

    • function parse()

      Parse a JWT string, without verifying it.

  • Managed APIs

    • class JwtBuilder

      A builder class for signing and generating JWTs, providing rich methods to customize the JWT contents.

    • class JwtVerifier

      A verifier class for parsing and verifying JWTs.

Requirements

• Node.js v18.x (Or newer)
• TypeScript v5.1.x (Or newer)

Documents

• en-US

  • Quick Start
  • FAQ
  • API Reference

License

This library is published under Apache-2.0 license.