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Developed byAuth0
LicenseOpen Standard
Open source✓ Open Source
Use casecompact token format for securely transmitting authentication claims
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JWT

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JSON Web Token compact format for securely transmitting claims between parties

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Supabase Auth○UnverifiedHighFresh1
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open source

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true○UnverifiedHighFresh1

primary use case

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compact token format for securely transmitting authentication claims○UnverifiedHighFresh1

first released

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2015○UnverifiedHighFresh1

standardized by

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IETF○UnverifiedHighFresh1

governed by

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IETF○UnverifiedHighFresh1

license type

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Open Standard○UnverifiedHighFresh1

implemented by

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jsonwebtoken (Node.js library)○UnverifiedHighFresh1
PyJWT (Python library)○UnverifiedHighFresh1
jose4j (Java library)○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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SAML tokens○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
session cookies○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

developed by

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Auth0○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

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